Dialect Maps

Abstract

This chapter offers a typology of mapping techniques and the purposes of dialect maps. The most basic objective of dialect maps is the visualization of the spatial distribution of linguistic features or feature-based areal structures. Maps that pursue this objective might be elaborate but they simply show the areal picture and leave it up to the map reader to draw further conclusions. Dialect maps can be used in five different disciplines: dialectology in a narrow sense, that is, visualization of dialectological facts; cultural history, that is, investigation of historical and cultural facts; sociolinguistics; historical linguistics; language theory. Computerization gives important impulses to the future development of the field of dialect maps. The internet offers a wide range of possibilities for the publication of dialect maps. The internet publication of dialect maps can also enhance maps by providing access to data such as audio/video files, written records of the survey data, or bibliographic references.

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