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Linguists use regular sound correspondences to prove words with different meanings are cognate
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Linguists employ regular sound correspondences as the foundational basis for the comparative method to determine whether words across different languages are cognates.

Evidence for · 2
Automated reconstruction of ancient languages using probabilistic models of sound change.
2013 · cited by 16
The paper utilizes probabilistic models of regular sound change to automatically reconstruct ancestral words, supporting the comparative method in historical linguistics.
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The claim states that linguists use regular sound correspondences to prove words with different meanings are cognate. Paper [2] and [7] directly demonstrate the application of regular sound correspondences and probabilistic models of sound change to establish cognacy and reconstruct ancestral languages in historical linguistics. No retrieved papers refute this central methodological tenet of historical linguistics.

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Cognate reflex prediction as hypothesis test for a genealogical relation between the Panoan and Takanan language families.
2024 · cited by 4
The study tests genealogical relations between language families by predicting cognate reflexes based on the regularity of proposed sound correspondences.
Everything we examined (12)
  1. Sound-meaning association biases evidenced across thousands of languages.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Detecting regular sound changes in linguistics as events of concerted evolution.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Automated reconstruction of ancient languages using probabilistic models of sound change.peer-reviewedsupports
  4. Contributions of bilingual home environment and language proficiency on children's Spanish-English reading outcomes.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Phonetic Causes of Sound Changepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Development and validation of scales for speaking self-efficacy: Constructs, sources, and relations.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. First steps towards the detection of contact layers in Bangime: a multi-disciplinary, computer-assisted approach.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Cognate reflex prediction as hypothesis test for a genealogical relation between the Panoan and Takanan language families.peer-reviewedsupports
  9. Historical Linguistics of Sign Languages: Progress and Problems.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Permutation test applied to lexical reconstructions partially supports the Altaic linguistic macrofamily.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Formal Syntax and Deep History.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Towards a formal genealogical classification of the Lezgian languages (North Caucasus): testing various phylogenetic methods on lexical data.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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judged → SUPPORTED · 7105 Aug 2026
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