Historical dialect database
The proposed database is a pilot database which contains a subset of the 1956 locations. It will be possible to search through the data with filters such as location and sentence number, or more advanced based on the part-of-speech-tag. The phonetic signs will be translated into an orthographic representation in two layers: one close to the dialect (1a) and one close to Dutch (1b).
(1) a. an d#ennen e steekvogel zien z#em benauwd
b. als de hennen een steekvogel zien ze hebben benauwd
“If the chickens see a sparrow hawk they are frightened”. (sentence 1, De Moeren)
The goal is to facilitate research on dialectological variation in syntax to inform studies on (reasons behind) language change and theoretical representations of language.
The project is funded by a research grant for Melissa Farasyn by the Flemish Research Foundation.