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WordSurv

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 17:23 — kwarfel
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SUMMARY:  A linguistics computer program designed to aid in the collection and analysis of word lists.

DETAILS:  A typical language survey may involve determining linguistic relationships through the comparison of word lists. WordSurv is designed to aid in this task. It functions in three main areas: (1) entry and maintenance of word lists and cognate decisions, (2) computation of lexicostatistic and phonostatistic measures of similarity, and (3) output of data and results in various formats. WordSurv also supports the COMPASS algorithm to aid in comparative reconstruction.

Refer questions to wordsurv_support@sil.org.

 

Version

 6.0

Developer

 SIL International

Supported
free
email author

Supported Operating Systems

 Windows, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista

Unicode Support
Yes

Suitable tasks
  • SOCIOLINGUISTICS: Surveying and assessing the sociolinguistic situation
  • Collect word lists using IPA transcription and/or audio recording
  • Calculate the linguistic distance between related language varieties

Interface Language
English

License
SIL Language Freeware EULA

Download Page
http://www.sil.org/computing/survey/wordsurv.htm

Website
http://www.sil.org

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