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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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Published in:International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities Vol. 2; no. 1-2; pp. 1 - 19
Main Authors: Nerbonne, John, Gooskens, Charlotte, Kürschner, Sebastian, van Bezooijen, Renée
Format: Conference Paper/Materials
Published: Edinburgh University Press Mar2008
Subjects:
Conferences & conventions
Language conferences
Mutual intelligibility of modern languages
Phonetics
Van Heuven, Vincent
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.