ATLAS OF NORTHEASTERN YIDDISH: IMPORTANCE OF MAPS IN LINGUISTIC RESEARCH

The paper introduces the application of cartographic methods to research on a culture at the last moment of its in situ existence. The atlas in progress seeks to determine the historic external borders, the internal differentiation and the cultural and linguistic structure and characteristics of Lít...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geodesy and cartography (Vilnius) Jg. 37; H. 3; S. 119 - 124
Hauptverfasser: Beconytė, Giedrė, Katz, Dovid
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2011
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Schlagworte:
Cartography
Culture
dialectology
dialects
dialektai
Geodesy
Historic
jidiš
Kartografija
Lietuvos jidiš
linguistic maps
linguistic research
Linguistics
lingvistiniai tyrimai
lingvistiniai žemėlapiai
Lithuania
Litvak
Readers
Yiddish atlas
диалекты
идиш
картография
лингвистические исследования
лингвистические карты
Литовский идиш
linguistic research
Yiddish atlas
dialects
Litvak
cartography
dialectology
linguistic maps
Lithuania
ISSN:2029-6991, 2029-7009
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Zusammenfassung:The paper introduces the application of cartographic methods to research on a culture at the last moment of its in situ existence. The atlas in progress seeks to determine the historic external borders, the internal differentiation and the cultural and linguistic structure and characteristics of Líte ([lítə] - the territory of traditional jewish Lithuania (coterritorial with today's Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, and swaths of northeastern Poland, northern and eastern Ukraine and westernmost Russia). The main linguistic data were initially organized by lists of locations where use of a particular form had been documented. Sparse information has been converted to a relational database model, linked to geographic data (locations) and analyzed. The discovered information was sufficient to approximately locate spatial clusters that were not thought to be recoverable when the project was initiated. The results of the geographic analysis are presented in the form of maps in the evolving draft of Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish that is accessible for preview at http://www.dovidkatz.net/WebAtlas/AtlasSamples.htm . The structure of the linguistic database also enables publication of the data as a web service representing the location of occurrences of linguistic forms on a larger scale map. However, the small scale linguistic maps represent characteristics of the dialect areas that are more convenient for readers who specialize in the relevant language and culture, but are not familiar with geospatial technologies.
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ISSN:2029-6991
2029-7009
DOI:10.3846/13921541.2011.626257