Introduction: Language Variation Studies and Computational Humanities.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium sponsored by organizers including Nigel Armstrong, Joan Beal, and Fiona Douglas on computational methods for the study of language variation is presented. Topics include variationist linguistics, the intelligibility of related languages, and...

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Publicado en:	International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities Vol. 2; no. 1-2; pp. 1 - 19
Autores principales:	Nerbonne, John, Gooskens, Charlotte, Kürschner, Sebastian, van Bezooijen, Renée
Formato:	Conference Paper/Materials
Publicado:	Edinburgh University Press Mar2008
Materias:	Conferences & conventions Language conferences Mutual intelligibility of modern languages Phonetics Van Heuven, Vincent
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Sumario:	Information about several papers discussed at a symposium sponsored by organizers including Nigel Armstrong, Joan Beal, and Fiona Douglas on computational methods for the study of language variation is presented. Topics include variationist linguistics, the intelligibility of related languages, and the phonetic and lexical predictors of intelligibility. The symposium featured several papers by language professionals including Vincent van Heuven.