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CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database. / Roberts, Seán G; Killin, Anton; Deb, Angarika et al.
In: Journal of Language Evolution, Vol. 5, No. 2, 01.08.2020, p. 101-120.

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Roberts, SG, Killin, A, Deb, A, Sheard, C, Greenhill, SJ, Sinnemäki, K, Segovia-Martín, J, Nölle, J, Berdicevskis, A, Humphreys-Balkwill, A, Little, H, Opie, C, Jacques, G, Bromham, L, Tinits, P, Ross, RM, Lee, S, Gasser, E, Calladine, J, Spike, M, Mann, SF, Shcherbakova, O, Singer, R, Zhang, S, Benítez-Burraco, A, Kliesch, C, Thomas-Colquhoun, E, Skirgård, H, Tamariz, M, Passmore, S, Pellard, T & Jordan, F 2020, 'CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database', Journal of Language Evolution, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 101-120. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzaa001

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Roberts, S. G., Killin, A., Deb, A., Sheard, C., Greenhill, S. J., Sinnemäki, K., Segovia-Martín, J., Nölle, J., Berdicevskis, A., Humphreys-Balkwill, A., Little, H., Opie, C., Jacques, G., Bromham, L., Tinits, P., Ross, R. M., Lee, S., Gasser, E., Calladine, J., ... Jordan, F. (2020). CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database. Journal of Language Evolution, 5(2), 101-120. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzaa001

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Roberts SG, Killin A, Deb A, Sheard C, Greenhill SJ, Sinnemäki K et al. CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database. Journal of Language Evolution. 2020 Aug 1;5(2):101-120. Epub 2020 Apr 16. doi: 10.1093/jole/lzaa001

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Roberts, Seán G ; Killin, Anton ; Deb, Angarika et al. / CHIELD : the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database. In: Journal of Language Evolution. 2020 ; Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 101-120.

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title = "CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database",
abstract = "Language is one of the most complex of human traits. There are many hypotheses about how it originated, what factors shaped its diversity, and what ongoing processes drive how it changes. We present the Causal Hypotheses in Evolutionary Linguistics Database (CHIELD, https://chield.excd.org/), a tool for expressing, exploring, and evaluating hypotheses. It allows researchers to integrate multiple theories into a coherent narrative, helping to design future research. We present design goals, a formal specification, and an implementation for this database. Source code is freely available for other fields to take advantage of this tool. Some initial results are presented, including identifying conflicts in theories about gossip and ritual, comparing hypotheses relating population size and morphological complexity, and an author relation network.",
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RIS

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AU - Roberts, Seán G

AU - Killin, Anton

AU - Deb, Angarika

AU - Sheard, Catherine

AU - Greenhill, Simon J

AU - Sinnemäki, Kaius

AU - Segovia-Martín, José

AU - Nölle, Jonas

AU - Berdicevskis, Aleksandrs

AU - Humphreys-Balkwill, Archie

AU - Little, Hannah

AU - Opie, Christopher

AU - Jacques, Guillaume

AU - Bromham, Lindell

AU - Tinits, Peeter

AU - Ross, Robert M

AU - Lee, Sean

AU - Gasser, Emily

AU - Calladine, Jasmine

AU - Spike, Matthew

AU - Mann, Stephen Francis

AU - Shcherbakova, Olena

AU - Singer, Ruth

AU - Zhang, Shuya

AU - Benítez-Burraco, Antonio

AU - Kliesch, Christian

AU - Thomas-Colquhoun, Ewan

AU - Skirgård, Hedvig

AU - Tamariz, Monica

AU - Passmore, Sam

AU - Pellard, Thomas

AU - Jordan, Fiona

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KW - Linguistics and Language

KW - Developmental and Educational Psychology

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