data

This folder contains all the data compiled for the study, organized in CSV (comma-separated values) files. The contents are structured as follows:

• cldf: dataset in the CLDF format, generated with this python script
• verb_stem_data.csv
  • Language_ID: Reference to languages:ID.
  • Form: Derivational morphology segmented with +, elements in brackets only surface sometimes.
  • Source: bibkey[page] referencing references.bib, multiple separated by ; , pc for personal communication
  • Cognateset_ID: cognate_sets:ID+cognate_sets:ID.
  • Class: Class of the verb: S_A_ or S_P_. – when no split-S, ? when class unknown, S_A_ / S_P_ for mixed Wayana verbs.
  • Comment: Comments
  • Cog_Cert: Cases which do not seem fully cognate are marked with 0.5 here.
  • Meaning_ID: Reference to values of cognate_sets:Meaning.
• split_s_data.csv
  • Language_ID: Reference to languages:ID.
  • Construction: Kind of verb form.
  • Form: Form with - separating morphemes.
  • Meaning: Direct translation, not a cognate_sets:Meaning.
  • Class: Verb class, S_A_ or S_P_.
  • Source: bibkey[page] referencing references.bib, multiple separated by ; , pc for personal communication
• other_lexemes.csv
  • Language_ID: Reference to languages:ID.
  • Form: Form.
  • Meaning: Translation.
  • Source: bibkey[page] referencing references.bib, multiple separated by ; , pc for personal communication
  • Full_Form: Full form as it appeared in the cited source.
  • Cognateset_ID: cognate_sets:ID
• examples.csv
  • ID: An ID, usually consisting of languages:ID-X.
  • Language_ID: Reference to languages:ID.
  • Sentence: Either identical to Segmentation, an orthographical form, and/or the form in the source.
  • Segmentation: -separate morphemes, spaces phonological words.
  • Gloss: Corresponding to Segmentation.
  • Translation: Free English translation.
  • Source: bibkey[page] referencing references.bib, pc for personal communication
  • Orig_Segmentation: Segmentation of the form as it appears in the source.
  • Orig_Glossing: Glossing as it appears in the source.
  • Orig_Translation: Translation as it appears in the source.
  • Comment: Comments.
• extensions.csv
  • ID: IDs referring to extensions.
  • Language_ID: Reference to languages:ID.
  • Form: Form of the innovative prefix.
  • Cognateset_ID: cognate_sets:ID
  • Comment: Comments.
• bathe_data.csv
  • Language_ID: Reference to languages:ID.
  • Form: + separates (etymological) morphemes.
  • Source: bibkey[page] referencing references.bib, multiple separated by ; , pc for personal communication
  • Cognateset_ID: cognate_sets:ID+cognate_sets:ID
  • Transitivity: Either transitive or intransitive 'to bathe'.
  • Comment: Comments
• apalai_sa_verb_stats.csv
  • Form: Form.
  • Meaning: Meaning.
  • ID: cognate_sets:ID or generic reg_sa
  • Count: Times the verb occurred
  • % Sa: Ratio of verb tokens in all Sa verbs
  • % Words: Overall ratio
  • High_Frequency: Defined as more than average, used for classifying cognate verbs.
• cognate_sets.csv
  • ID: An ID.
  • Form: Usually my reconstructed Proto-Cariban form, otherwise indicated in Comment
  • Meaning: Translation / Glossing.
  • Comment: Comments on reconstruction and node of reconstructed form, if not Proto-Cariban.
• languages.csv
  • ID: A three- (attested) or four-letter (reconstructed) string.
  • Name: The name as used in the paper.
  • Glottocode: The identifier used in Glottolog.
  • Longitude: Longitude in decimal format.
  • Latitude: Latitude in decimal format.
• inflection_data.csv
  • Meaning_ID: Reference to values of cognate_sets:Meaning.
  • Verb_Cognateset_ID: cognate_sets:ID+cognate_sets:ID.
  • Language_ID: Reference to languages:ID.
  • Inflection: Person inflection of the form.
  • Form: - mark boundaries between productive morphemes, + between unproductive morphemes.
  • Prefix_Cognateset_ID: cognate_sets:ID+cognate_sets:ID.
  • Source: bibkey[page] referencing references.bib, multiple separated by ; , pc for personal communication
  • Full_Form: The full form in the source, if applicable.
  • Comment: Comments