areal typology

Gaussian Processes for spatial modeling and bias control In this tutorial I will go over the basics of how to implement and optimize Gaussian Processes (GPs) for area control and spatial modeling in typology. This will not be a mathematical introduction, that has already been done much better than I possibly could. If you are interested in all the mathematical underpining of GPs I highly recommend reading Betancourt explanation. If you find this tutorial useful, please cite: [Read More]

MultivAreate This blogpost will introduce the core of MultivAreate, a statistical model for (areal) typology and dialectology. If you find this tutorial useful please cite: Guzmán Naranjo, Matías and Mertner, Miri. “Estimating areal effects in typology: a case study of African phoneme inventories” Linguistic Typology, vol. 27, no. 2, 2023, pp. 455-480. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2022-0037 Introduction A problem often encountered in typology and dialectology is how to handle multiple (binary) outcomes at the same time. [Read More]