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Basic Vocabulary Lists

Basic Vocabulary Lists is a lexical dataset comprising a standardized selection of core semantic meanings—such as body parts, kinship terms, and natural phenomena—used in cross-linguistic comparison to identify cognates, reconstruct proto-languages, and assess lexical stability across language families.

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91

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2017–2026

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Sound–meaning association biases evidenced across thousands of languages

Damián E. Blasí, Søren Wichmann, Harald Hammarström et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 641 citations · Full text

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Is There a Core General Vocabulary? Introducing the New General Service List

Václav Březina, Dana Gablasová · Applied Linguistics · 2013 · 435 citations · Full text

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Borrowability and the notion of basic vocabulary

Uri Tadmor, Martín Haspelmath, Bradley Taylor · Diachronica · 2010 · 369 citations

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The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics

Simon J. Greenhill, Robert Blust, Russell D. Gray · Evolutionary Bioinformatics · 2008 · 276 citations · Full text

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Does Lateral Transmission Obscure Inheritance in Hunter-Gatherer Languages?

Claire Bowern, Patience Epps, Russell D. Gray et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 246 citations · Full text

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Authors

166

  1. RD
    Russell D. Gray

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    3 publications · 563 citations

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  2. SJ
    Sofie Johansson Kokkinakis

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    3 publications · 127 citations

    3

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  3. MR
    Martine Robbeets

    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany

    3 publications · 76 citations

    3

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  4. KR
    Karen R. Harris

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  5. SW
    Søren Wichmann

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    2 publications · 738 citations

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1–5 of 166

Institutions

91

  1. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

    Jena, Germany

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    834 citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    738 citations

  4. Waseda University

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  5. University of Turku

    Turku, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    128 citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    220 citations

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Venues

  1. Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    AAC · 4 publications · 288 citations

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  2. Diachronica

    3 publications · 403 citations

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  3. Journal of Language Evolution

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  4. Applied Linguistics

    2 publications · 534 citations

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  5. Language

    2 publications · 35 citations

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