Advances in Dialectometry

What is it about?

Languages differs depending on where it's spoken and depending on the social background of the speakers, and dialectology studies this. Dialectometry is the methodological subfield that focuses on computational and statistical tools, lots of which have been introduced in the past ten years. This article provides a survey of that work.

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Why is it important?

The survey might be especially useful for newcomers wishing to come up to speed and to innovators who want to avoid reinventing the wheel.