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Employing Geographical Principles for Sampling in State of the Art Dialectological Projects
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Abstract The aims of this paper are twofold. First, we locate the most effective human geographical methods for sampling across space in large-scale dialectological projects. We propose two geographical concepts as a basis for sampling decisions: Geo-demographic classification, which is a multidimensional me... view more
The aims of this paper are twofold. First, we locate the most effective human geographical methods for sampling across space in large-scale dialectological projects. We propose two geographical concepts as a basis for sampling decisions: Geo-demographic classification, which is a multidimensional method used for the socio-economic grouping of areas; we also develop an updated version of functional regions that can be used in sociolinguistic research. We then report on the results of a pilot project that applies these models to collect data regarding the acceptability of vernacular morphosyntactic forms in the North East of England. Following the method of natural breaks advocated for dialectology by Horvath & Horvath (2002), we interpret breaks in the probabilistic patterns as areas of dialect transitions. This study contributes to the debate about the role and limitations of spatiality in linguistic analysis. It intends to broaden our knowledge about the interfaces between human geography and dialectology.... view less
Keywords
sociolinguistics; cultural geography; sample; socioeconomic structure; region; dialect; English language; Great Britain; social geography; classification; comparison of methods; multidimensional scaling; model construction
Classification
Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 96-114
Journal
Journal of Linguistic Geography, 1 (2013) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/jlg.2013.9
ISSN
2049-7547
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications