The atlas of the Balkan linguistic area program

This article presents the Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area (ABLA), a French- Russian research program that created an online database of language contact phenomena documented in the languages of the Balkans. This resource will be open access after its launch in 2025, enriching the fields...

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Main Authors: Adamou Evangelia, Sobolev Andrey N.
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Language:English
Published: Institute for Balkan Studies SASA 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2024/0350-76532455069A.pdf
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description This article presents the Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area (ABLA), a French- Russian research program that created an online database of language contact phenomena documented in the languages of the Balkans. This resource will be open access after its launch in 2025, enriching the fields of Balkan and areal linguistics. Specifically, ABLA consists of 93 phonological, morpho-syntactic, semantic, and lexical features. Each feature is matched to a map covering 60 localities across Balkan countries. Each map is accompanied by a chapter co-authored by the project contributors. The paper offers some preliminary results for the feature “Infinitive: Forms”. The online database in Wordpress is hosted by Huma-Num in France. ABLA, to be published by de Gruyter, is not only the first online database for the Balkans, an area shaped by multilingualism in forms that are rapidly disappearing, but also an example for other linguistic areas in the world
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spelling doaj-art-f586e7026dde42c0ae0977c9e961ce6f2025-01-30T06:44:47ZengInstitute for Balkan Studies SASABalcanica0350-76532406-08012024-01-01202455698410.2298/BALC2455069A0350-76532455069AThe atlas of the Balkan linguistic area programAdamou Evangelia0Sobolev Andrey N.1Oral Tradition Languages and Cultures Lab, French National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, FranceInstitute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, RussiaThis article presents the Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area (ABLA), a French- Russian research program that created an online database of language contact phenomena documented in the languages of the Balkans. This resource will be open access after its launch in 2025, enriching the fields of Balkan and areal linguistics. Specifically, ABLA consists of 93 phonological, morpho-syntactic, semantic, and lexical features. Each feature is matched to a map covering 60 localities across Balkan countries. Each map is accompanied by a chapter co-authored by the project contributors. The paper offers some preliminary results for the feature “Infinitive: Forms”. The online database in Wordpress is hosted by Huma-Num in France. ABLA, to be published by de Gruyter, is not only the first online database for the Balkans, an area shaped by multilingualism in forms that are rapidly disappearing, but also an example for other linguistic areas in the worldhttps://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2024/0350-76532455069A.pdfareal linguistic typologybalkan linguistic arealinguistic databaseslinguistic atlasesdialectologyminoritized languagesmethods of linguistic research
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linguistic databases
linguistic atlases
dialectology
minoritized languages
methods of linguistic research
title The atlas of the Balkan linguistic area program
title_full The atlas of the Balkan linguistic area program
title_fullStr The atlas of the Balkan linguistic area program
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title_short The atlas of the Balkan linguistic area program
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topic areal linguistic typology
balkan linguistic area
linguistic databases
linguistic atlases
dialectology
minoritized languages
methods of linguistic research
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