Predicting intelligibility and perceived linguistic distance by means of the Levenshtein algorithm

Beijering, Karin; Gooskens, Charlotte; Heeringa, Wilbert

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Predicting intelligibility and perceived linguistic distance by means of the Levenshtein algorithm

Karin Beijering | University of Groningen

Charlotte Gooskens

Wilbert Heeringa | Meertens Institute

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Published online: 14 October 2008

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