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Continuous Representation of Location for Geolocation and Lexical Dialectology using Mixture Density Networks

open access: yes, 2017
We propose a method for embedding two-dimensional locations in a continuous vector space using a neural network-based model incorporating mixtures of Gaussian distributions, presenting two model variants for text-based geolocation and lexical ...
Baldwin, Timothy   +2 more
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Exploiting microvariation: How to make the best of your incomplete data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
n this article we discuss the use of big corpuses or databases as a first step for qualitative analysis of linguistic data. We concentrate on ASIt, the Syntactic Atlas of Italy, and take into consideration the different types of dialectal data that can ...
Garzonio, Jacopo, Poletto, Cecilia
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Structural-semantic features of buildings’ names and their parts in the subdialects of the Republic of Mordovia

open access: yesФинно-угорский мир, 2020
Introduction. The article presents the names of buildings and their parts presented in the subdialects of different districts of the Republic of Mordovia.
Valentina P. Grishunina   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Concepts of narečje and diasystem in Serbian and Croatian Dialectology and Standard Language Scholarship

open access: yesSlavistica Vilnensis, 2022
The aim of this paper is to present a historical analysis of the concept of narečje (narječje) and diasystem in dialectology since their beginnings on the territory of contemporary Croatia and Serbia until today.
Vuk Vukotić
doaj   +1 more source

Creation of regions for dialect features using a cellular automaton [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
An issue in dialect research has been how to make generalizations from survey data about where some dialect feature might be found. Pre-computational methods included drawing isoglosses or using shadings to indicate areas where an analyst expected a ...
Juuso, Ilkka   +1 more
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The SLOnar System: Informative Labels for Slovenian Dialect Varieties (From Dialect Group to Idiolect)

open access: yesJezikoslovni zapiski, 2015
Dialectology work on Slovenian linguistic territory primarily uses ad hoc abbreviations or labels for research points or areas when defining the geographical range of individual linguistic features for efficiency.
Peter Weiss, Karmen Kenda-Jež
doaj   +1 more source

The spoken Omani Arabic of ‘Ibrī : A “Crossing Point” in Gulf dialects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
‘Ibrī is located half-way in between Mascat and Dubai, and is very close to the Emirates border. This proximity facilitates young male citizens that look for job opportunities in the rich Emirates.
Lombezzi, Letizia
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Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and World Englishes

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The world Englishes perspective, especially as expressed within Kachru's formulation of the Inner, Outer and Expanding Circles of Englishes, provides a flexible and coherent model of the historical spread of English. While the model has had a profound influence on various subfields of applied linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics ...
Andrew Moody
wiley   +1 more source

La dialectologie et la géolinguistique bougent encore !

open access: yesLa Bretagne Linguistique, 2004
The first twelve issues of La Bretagne Linguistique reflected the study and reflection days of the Groupe de recherche sur l'économie linguistique de la Bretagne, founded in 1984. They were mainly devoted to sociolinguistics.
Jean Le Dû
doaj   +1 more source

Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes and Language Attitude Change

open access: yesLanguage and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Knowledge of public attitudes towards language‐based diversity can help uncover wider societal prejudices. Nonetheless, sociolinguists are increasingly aware of the limitations of using traditional explicit self‐report measures to gauge attitudes towards linguistic variation.
Robert M. McKenzie
wiley   +1 more source

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