Alek Keersmaekers
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alek Keersmaekers plays a role.
Article
2020 What are the determinants of survival curves of words? An evolutionary linguistics approach Tracking Language Evolution as an Interdisciplinary, Cross-Theoretical Enterprise, Gaeta, Livio (ed.), pp. 127–137 | Article
An evolutionary approach to historical linguistics can be enlightening when not only the mechanisms, but also the statistical methods are considered from neighboring disciplines. In this short paper, we apply survival analysis to investigate what factors determine the lifespan of words. Our case… read more