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SSWL

SSWL is a searchable database that allows users to discover which properties (morphological, syntactic, and semantic) characterize a language, as well as how these properties relate across languages. This system is designed to be free to the public and open-ended. Anyone can use the database to perform queries.

Site Statistics

  • Number of Languages: 86
  • Number of Languages over 90%: 51
  • Number of Contributors: 110
  • Number of Properties: 36
  • Number of Examples: 730
  • Number of Property:Value Pairs: 2429

Related Resources

To learn more about the objectives of SSWL, please visit the original workshop site or watch our tutorial video.

To read about updates and post questions, please visit our Google Group.

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Documents

Guidelines for Language Experts

Guidelines for Property Authors

Citation Guidelines

Description of Search Interface

SSWL Glossary

SSWL Homework Assignment for Introduction to Linguistics (written by Jim Wood)

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Credits

Creators: Chris Collins and Richard Kayne
Architect: Dennis Shasha
Project Coordinator: Chris Collins
Language Coordinator: Ken Hiraiwa

Back-End: Sangeeta Vishwanath, Hiral Rajani and Jillian Kozyra
Front-End: Jessica Chen
Usability Testing: Norman King

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Support

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. BCS-0817202. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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