LINGUIST List 22.4311 Mon Oct 31 2011 FYI: The Global Lexicostatistical Database Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Alexei Kassian , The Global Lexicostatistical Database Message 1: The Global Lexicostatistical Database Date: 28-Oct-2011 From: Alexei Kassian <a.kassiangmail.com> Subject: The Global Lexicostatistical Database E-mail this message to a friend Dear colleagues and friends, We are happy to inform you that the latest sub-project of the long-term ''Evolution of Human Languages'' program, The Global Lexicostatistical Database, is finally open for public access. It can be reached either from the main page of our site (http://starling.rinet.ru/main.html) or directly at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/main.htm. The GLD is a collective undertaking run primarily by researchers at the Center for Comparative Linguistics at the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, with some external support. The GLD's stated mission is to assemble a unified and ordered collection of basic lexical data on all/most of the world's languages, which can then be used for various purposes of historical and typological linguistics. Detailed pertinent information on the project, its specifics, current state, Web interface features, future plans, etc., can be found in the ''About the Project'' section of the site. In its current state, the GLD hosts Swadesh wordlists for 67 languages and dialects from a representative selection of 29 various small language groups across the world. However, the project is a long-term undertaking, and we hope to expand this number significantly even before the year is out. We also welcome both passive (remarks, criticisms, proofreading of data, etc.) and active (wordlist contribution in the GLD format) participation from every scholar interested in the project (for more details, see the ''Collaboration'' page at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/collaboration.htm). We hope that this announcement will prompt you to at least pay a visit to the site, and, if possible, spread the news to other colleagues in your respective departments who may be interested in some of the same aims and goals as shared by the GLD team. We will also be setting up a newsgroup/mailing list with timely information on all of the site's updates. If you wish to be included on that list, please let us know by responding to this E-mail. Respectfully yours GLD team supervisors: George Starostin (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow) Alexei Kassian (Institute of Linguistics + RSUH, Moscow) Mikhail Zhivlov (Institute of Linguistics + RSUH, Moscow) Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Lexicography; Typology Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 31-Oct-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.