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Crowdsourcing dialect characterization through Twitter. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 We perform a large-scale analysis of language diatopic variation using geotagged microblogging datasets. By collecting all Twitter messages written in Spanish over more than two years, we build a corpus from which a carefully selected list of concepts ...
Gonçalves B, Sánchez D.
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Unifying models of dialect spread and extinction using surface tension dynamics. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2018 We provide a unified mathematical explanation of two classical forms of spatial linguistic spread. The wave model describes the radiation of linguistic change outwards from a central focus.
Burridge J.
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Energeia, 2023 This short contribution discusses the term and concept of isogloss: the space where a linguistic phenomenon exists or, by metonymic extension, the line that separates a particular linguistic phenomenon from another.
Johannes Kabatek
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Seeking Systematicity in Variation: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations on the "Variety" Concept. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2018 One centennial discussion in linguistics concerns whether languages, or linguistic systems, are, essentially, homogeneous or rather show “structured heterogeneity.” In this contribution, the question is addressed whether and how sociolinguistically ...
Ghyselen AS, De Vogelaer G.
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ISOGLOSAS FONOLÓGICAS WICHÍ/WEENHAYEK (MATAGUAYA): CONSONANTES EYECTIVAS, GLOTALIZADAS Y ASPIRADAS [PDF]
Lingüística, 2021 Este trabajo analiza la variación diatópica de las series eyectiva/glotalizada y aspirada en consonantes obstruyentes y sonorantes. A partir de datos de primera mano y fuentes secundarias de los últimos treinta años, se proponen seis isoglosas en torno a
Verónica Nercesian
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The verbal suffix *-nǫ-/-ny- in western South Slavic dialects
Hrvatski Dijalektološki Zbornik, 2022 The verbal class which is characterized by a suffix -nu- in the infinitive and -ne- in the present shows considerable dialectal diversity in Croatian and in the other western South Slavic languages.
Tijmen Pronk
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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2023 Southwestern Khanty is a dialect documented only in the 2008 PhD dissertation by Olga Vaysman. A previous study based on lexical data established that Southwestern Khanty is very close to Obdorsk Khanty.
László Fejes
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On Criss-crossing Isoglosses in the Vocabulary and Toponymy of South Ossetia [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The paper examines the facts of phonetic interference between the Kudar and Iron dialects of the Ossetian language on the basis of dialect vocabulary and toponymy of South Ossetia.
Yuri A. Dzitstsoity
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Oriental Studies, 2023 Introduction. Currently, researchers have no consensus on the classification of the Kipchak languages. The dictionaries compiled by P. S. Pallas provide valuable insights into the 18th-century Tatar, Bashkir, Nogai, and Kazakh languages. Goals.
Julia V. Normanskaja
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On Linguistic and Political Borders (the Case of the Ripuarian Dialect Group)
Дискурс, 2022 Introduction. The paper considers the Ripuarian dialect group spread on the territory of three modern states – Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. The research concentrates on the dialect’s reception by its speakers, while special attention is paid to ...
E. S. Tikhonova
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