Employing geographical principles for sampling in state of the art dialectological projects

Buchstaller, Isabelle and Alvanides, Seraphim (2013) Employing geographical principles for sampling in state of the art dialectological projects. Journal of Linguistic Geography, 1 (2). pp. 96-114. ISSN 2049-7547

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jlg.2013.9

Abstract

The aims of this paper are twofold: First, we locate the most effective human geographical methods for sampling across space in large-scale dialectological projects. We propose two geographical concepts as a basis for sampling decisions: Geo-demographic classification, which is a multidimensional method used for the socio-economic grouping of areas. We also develop an updated version of functional regions that can be used in sociolinguistic research. We then report on the results of a pilot project that applies these models to collect data regarding the acceptability of vernacular morpho-syntactic forms in the North-East of England. Following the method of natural breaks advocated for dialectology by Horvath and Horvath (2002), we interpret breaks in the probabilistic patterns as areas of dialect transitions. This study contributes to the debate about the role and limitations of spatiality in linguistic analysis. It intends to broaden our knowledge about the interfaces between human geography and dialectology.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: L700 Human and Social Geography
Q100 Linguistics
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Geography and Environmental Sciences
Depositing User: Seraphim Alvanides
Date Deposited: 24 Apr 2013 16:24
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 15:05
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/12398

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