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Abstract

Cross-linguistic similarities are reflected by the speech sound systems of languages all over the world. In this work we try to model such similarities observed in the consonant inventories, through a complex bipartite network. We present a systematic study of some of the appealing features of these inventories with the help of the bipartite network. An important observation is that the occurrence of consonants follows a two regime power law distribution. We find that the consonant inventory size distribution together with the principle of preferential attachment are the main reasons behind the emergence of such a two regime behavior. In order to further support our explanation we present a synthesis model for this network based on the general theory of preferential attachment.

@inproceedings{choudhury06consonantACL,
  author={Monojit Choudhury and Animesh Mukherjee and Anupam Basu and Niloy Ganguly},
  title={Analysis and Synthesis of the Distribution of Consonants over Languages: A Complex Network Approach},
  year={2006},
  address={Sydney, Australia},
  booktitle={COLING-ACL06},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/choudhury06consonantACL.html}
}

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