http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/2013/11/07/the-contribution-of-spatial-humanities-to-scholarship/ Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/2013/11/07/the-contribution-of-spatial-humanities-to-scholarship/#comment-1266 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:20:29 +0000 http://stl2013.thatcamp.org/?p=203#comment-1266 In linguistics (particularly dialectology and typology) GIS visualizations are increasingly employed to study & map dialect differences (word choices, pronunciations) and differences regarding major typological parameters (e.g. word order, sound systems). I am interested in modifying and re-employing these algorithms in a micro-area of four languages that I am documenting in Nepal. I’d like to consider not just the typical language features (e.g. word choices & pronunciations), but also social variables like language attitudes, language practices, etc. My colleague Shunfu Hu (SIUE Geography) and I will be at THATCamp this weekend. We are running a 5-year project on this documentation.

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