PILA: A Historical-Linguistic Dataset of Proto-Italic and Latin

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16341v1
• Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:33:47 GMT
• Title: PILA: A Historical-Linguistic Dataset of Proto-Italic and Latin
• Authors: Stephen Bothwell, Brian DuSell, David Chiang, Brian Krostenko,
• Abstract summary: We introduce the Proto-Italic to Latin dataset, which consists of roughly 3,000 pairs of forms from Proto-Italic and Latin. We present baseline results for PILA on a pair of traditional computational historical linguistics tasks. We demonstrate PILA's capability for enhancing other historical-linguistic datasets.
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• Abstract: Computational historical linguistics seeks to systematically understand processes of sound change, including during periods at which little to no formal recording of language is attested. At the same time, few computational resources exist which deeply explore phonological and morphological connections between proto-languages and their descendants. This is particularly true for the family of Italic languages. To assist historical linguists in the study of Italic sound change, we introduce the Proto-Italic to Latin (PILA) dataset, which consists of roughly 3,000 pairs of forms from Proto-Italic and Latin. We provide a detailed description of how our dataset was created and organized. Then, we exhibit PILA's value in two ways. First, we present baseline results for PILA on a pair of traditional computational historical linguistics tasks. Second, we demonstrate PILA's capability for enhancing other historical-linguistic datasets through a dataset compatibility study.

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