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The comparison of sound sequences (words, morphemes) constitutes the core of many techniques and methods in historical linguistics. With the help of these techniques, corresponding sounds can be determined, historically related words can be identified, and the history of languages can be uncovered. So far, the application of traditional techniques for sequence comparison is very tedious and time-consuming, since scholars have to apply them manually, without computational support. In this study, algorithms from bioinformatics are used to develop computational methods for sequence comparison in historical linguistics. The new methods automatize several steps of the traditional comparative method and can thus help to ease the painstaking work of language comparison. Dissertations in Language and Cognition This series explores issues of mental representation, linguistic structure and representation, and their interplay. The research presented in this series is grounded in the idea explored in the Collaborative Research Center 'The structure of representations in language, cognition and science' (SFB 991) that there is a universal format for the representation of linguistic and cognitive concepts.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General. --- Alignment Analyses. --- Automatic Cognate Detection. --- Automatic Cognates Detection. --- Basic Algorithm. --- Collaborative Research Center. --- Continuous Entities. --- Definition of Sequences. --- Differences between Sequences. --- Discrete Entities. --- Gerhard Schurz. --- Hana Filip. --- Heinrich-Heine-Universität. --- Historical Linguistics. --- Laura Kallmeyer. --- LexStat. --- Lexical Change. --- Modelling Sequence Differences. --- Multilingual Cognate Detection. --- Multiple Alignment Analyses. --- Pairwise Alignment Analyses. --- Peter Indefrey. --- Phonetic Alignment. --- Progressive Alignment. --- Relations between Languages. --- Relations between Words. --- Resemblances in Form. --- Resemblances in Meaning. --- Robert D. Van Valin. --- SCA. --- SFB 991. --- Sebastian Löbner. --- Semantic Change. --- Sequence Comparison. --- Sequence Modelling. --- Sound Change. --- Sound-Class Based Phonetic Alignment. --- Structural Extensions. --- Substantial Extensions. --- The structure of representations in language, cognition and science.