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Abstract
This paper discusses two research projects related to Takesi Sibata and Willem A. Grootaers: The S&K network method and the Linguistic Atlas of Japan Database (LAJDB). The S&K network method was proposed by Sibata to objectively divide dialect areas. The original idea demonstrated by Sibata involved dialect division through a network of linguistic similarities drawn on a map. The LAJDB is a project that aims to digitally render the entirety of the information contained in the Linguistic Atlas of Japan (LAJ). The LAJ is Japan’s first nationwide linguistic atlas created on the basis of a linguistic geographical survey. Sibata and Grootaers were pivotal to the project. This paper focuses on several concepts and perspectives that were utilized for these projects: contact, network, people, and geographical space. These aspects were essential to the advancement of these research initiatives and are closely linked to their common spirit of linguistic studies.
本文讨论了与Takesi Sibata和Willem A. Grootaers相关的两个研究项目:S&K网络方法和日本语言地图集数据库(LAJDB)。Sibata提出了客观划分方言区域的S&K网络方法。西巴塔最初的想法是通过绘制在地图上的语言相似性网络来划分方言。LAJDB是一个旨在以数字方式呈现日本语言地图集(LAJ)中包含的全部信息的项目。LAJ是日本第一个在语言地理调查的基础上创建的全国性语言地图集。Sibata和Grootaers对这个项目至关重要。本文着重于这些项目中使用的几个概念和观点:联系、网络、人员和地理空间。这些方面对这些研究活动的推进至关重要,并与他们共同的语言研究精神密切相关。
期刊介绍:
The aim of the journal DIALECTOLOGIA is to join the experiences of researchers working in different fields of Dialectology (linguistic variation, geolinguistics, methodology, synchronic and diachronic dialectal data, new technologies, social dialectology, etc). -It is a double-blind external peer-reviewed journal, published twice yearly, that complies with the norms of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). -Each issue features 4/6 previously unpublished articles on original topics relating to linguistic variation. -It includes also book reviews and news about congresses, meetings and recent publications. -Original papers will be evaluated within a period of three months. -The journal does not charge fees to authors either for processing (APC) or for the publication of articles. -The author will remain owner of the intellectual property of the works, however access to them is totally open and free, so they can be reproduced in whole or in part with the only limitation of recognizing the authorship and the source of publication ("Dialectologia. Revista electrònica"), provided that such exploitation is not of a commercial nature.