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The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI): A Research Overview
Anonby, Erik; Taheri-Ardali, Mortaza; Hayes, Amos (2022): The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI): A Research Overview, in: Bamberg: Otto-Friedrich-Universität, S. 199–230.
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2022
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Iranian Studies, 52 (2022), 1/2, S. 199-230 - ISSN: 1475-4819, ISSN: 0021-0862
Year of first publication:
2019
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English
Abstract:
There have been a number of important efforts to map out the languages of Iran, but until now no language atlas, or even a comprehensive and detailed country-level language map, has been produced. One of the recent initiatives which aims to fill this gap is the online Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) (http://iranatlas.net). This article delineates objectives of the ALI research programme, atlas architecture, research methodology, and preliminary results that have been generated. Specific topics of interest are the structure and content of the linguistic data questionnaire; the handling of contrasting perspectives about the status of “languages” and “dialects” through a flexible multi-dimensional classification web; and the role of ongoing comparisons between language distribution assessments and hard linguistic data.
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Iran
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Sprachatlas
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Iranic (Iranian) Languages
Turkic Languages
language documentation
language mapping
language classification
atlas design and construction
linguistic data questionnaire
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Article
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May 13, 2022
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