# Dialectometry > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dialectometry > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dialectometry.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectometry > Source revision: 1275776783 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Quantitative study of dialects Flow chart of the dialectometrical methods used by the Salzburg school of dialectometry **Dialectometry** is the [quantitative](/source/Quantitative_research) and [computational](/source/Computational_linguistics) branch of [dialectology](/source/Dialectology), the study of [dialect](/source/Dialect). This sub-field of [linguistics](/source/Linguistics) studies language variation using the methods of [statistics](/source/Statistics); it arose in the 1970s and 80s as a result of seminal work by J. Séguy and Hans Goebl.[1] The research concentrates mainly on the regional distribution of dialect similarities, such as cores of dialect and overlapping zones, which can be labelled according to a more or less slight variance of dialect between bordering locations. However, analysis of dialect relationships cannot always be clearly depicted by [cladistics](/source/Cladistics), since there are often [dialect continuum](/source/Dialect_continuum) cases and also examples with elements of convergence, as well as division.[2] Language atlases serve as an empirical database which document the dialect profile of a large number of locations in detail. Different well-known numerical classification methodologies are used to abstract and visualise a basic pattern from the immense amount of data found in the language atlases. Not one solid classification can be expected to result from the calculations; rather, different aspects of the basic pattern being searched for can be discovered by using the different methodologies. Principally speaking, there is more interest in the diversity of the [taxometric](/source/Taxonomy_(general)) methodologies, the results and the linguistic interpretations which can be made from them. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Nerbonne, John; Kretzschmar, William A. (2013). ["Dialectometry++"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180920175358/http://urd.let.rug.nl/nerbonne/papers/Nerbonne-Kretzschmar-2012-Dec-11.pdf) (PDF). *Literary and Linguistic Computing: J. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities*. **28** (1): 2–12. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/llc/fqs062](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fllc%2Ffqs062). Archived from [the original](http://urd.let.rug.nl/nerbonne/papers/Nerbonne-Kretzschmar-2012-Dec-11.pdf) (PDF) on 2018-09-20. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gary Simons. 1977. Recognizing patterns of divergence and convergence in a matrix of lexicostatistic relations. *Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages 21* 107-134. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL. ## Further reading - Bauer, Roland. 2002-2003. Dolomitenladinische Ähnlichkeitsprofile aus dem Gadertal. Ein Werkstattbericht zur dialektometrischen Analyse des ALD-I, in: *Ladinia* XXVI-XXVII, 209-250. - Bauer, Roland. 2003. Sguardo dialettometrico su alcune zone di transizione dell'Italia nord-orientale (lombardo vs. trentino vs. veneto), in: *Parallela X. Sguardi reciproci. Vicende linguistiche e culturali dell'area italofona e germanofona. Atti del Decimo Incontro italo-austriaco dei linguisti*, Bombi, Raffaella / Fusco, Fabiana (Hrsg.), Udine: Forum Editrice, 93-119. - Bauer, Roland. 2004. Dialekte - Dialektmerkmale - dialektale Spannungen. Von "Cliquen", "Störenfrieden" und "Sündenböcken" im Netz des dolomitenladinischen Sprachatlasses ALD-I, in: *Ladinia XXVIII*, 201-242. - Bauer, Roland. 2005. La classificazione dialettometrica dei basiletti altoitaliani e ladini rappresentati nell'Atlante linguistico del ladino dolomitico e dei dialetti limitrofi (ALD-I), in: *Lingue, istituzioni, territori. Riflessioni teoriche, proposte metodologiche ed esperienze di politica linguistica*, Guardiano, Cristina et al. (Hrsg.), Roma: Bulzoni, 347-365. - Goebl, Hans. 1982. *Dialektometrie; Prinzipien und Methoden des Einsatzes der numerischen Taxonomie im Bereich der Dialektgeographie*. Wien: Verlag der Öst. Akademie der Wissenschaften. - Goebl, Hans. 1984. Dialektometrische Studien anhand italoromanischer, rätoromanischer und galloromanischer Sprachmaterialien aus AIS und ALF. Bd.1 (Bd.2 und 3 enthalten Karten und Tabellen). Tübingen: Max Niemeyer. - Goebl, Hans. 1985. Coup d'oeil dialectométrique sur les Tableaux phonétiques des patois suisses romands, in: *Vox romanica* 44, 189-233. - Goebl, Hans. 1986. Muster, Strukturen und Systeme in der Sprachgeographie. In: Mondo Ladino X, 41-70. - Goebl, Hans. 1987. Encore un coup d'œil dialectométrique sur les Tableaux phonétiques des patois suisses romands (TPPSR). Deux analyses interponctuelles: parquet polygonal et treillis triangulaire, in: *Vox romanica* 46, 91-125. - Goebl, Hans. 1993. Die dialektale Gliederung Ladiniens aus der Sicht der Ladiner. Eine Pilotstudie zum Problem der geolinguistischen "Mental Maps". In: *Ladinia* XVII, 59-95. - Goebl, Hans. 1994. Spannungsverhältnis in dialektalen Netzen; ein Hinweis zu disziplinübergreifender Diskussion. In: *Computatio linguae II*, Ursula Klenk (Hrsg.), 63-83. - Goebl, Hans. 1998. Dialektometrische Beschreibung der Romania. In: *Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik (LRL)*, Holtus, Günter / Metzeltin, Michael / Schmitt, Christian (Hrsg.), Band VII, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 977-1003. ## External links - [Dialectometry.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20150801114041/http://dialectometry.com/) - [Visual DialectoMetry - Windows program to manage and visualize dialectometry data](http://www.dialectometry.com/dmdocs/index.html) - [University of Salzburg: Dr.Hans Goebl](http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=30634) - [RuG/L04, software download](http://www.let.rug.nl/~kleiweg/L04/) Authority control databases GND --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dialectometry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectometry) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectometry?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.