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Interesting that the graph is acyclic. I wonder if it's just a coincidence or if there's some connection to the historical trajectory of cultural transmission o
by shmageggy 6y ago
Interesting that the graph is acyclic. I wonder if it's just a coincidence or if there's some connection to the historical trajectory of cultural transmission or to language evolution or something?
- Delk 6y agoAt the end of the post, there's a link to an updated and larger graph that does have some cycles.
- shmageggy 6y agoAlas, my linguistics career was over before it started.
- sk5t 6y agoPerhaps only because it's incomplete? Like, is there no such expression in terminal nodes Hindi or in Javanese--or in the hundreds of other languages spoken today?