Language and Space : : An International Handbook of Linguistic Variation. / Volume 2, : Language Mapping ; Part I. Part II: Maps / / ed. by Jürgen Erich Schmidt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Bailey, Guy,; Barbiers, Sjef,; Bollmann, Jürgen,; Britain, David,; Chambers, J. K.,; Dell’Aquila, Vittorio,; Dietrich, Wolf,; Edlund, Lars-Erik,; Girnth, Heiko,; Goebl, Hans,; Güldemann, Tom,; Inoue, Fumio,; Kehrein, Roland,; Kloferova´, Stanislava,; Kruijsen, Joep,; Kunst, Jan Pieter,; Lameli, Alfred,; Mang, Alexander,; Manni, Franz,; Montgomery, Chris,; Mühlhäusler, Peter,; Nerbonne, John,; Onishi, Takuichiro,; Ormeling, Ferjan,; Preston, Dennis R.,; Rabanus, Christian,; Rabanus, Stefan,; Ramisch, Heinrich,; Reenen, Pieter van,; Scheuringer, Hermann,; Schmidt, Jürgen Erich,; Sijs, Nicoline van der,; Swiggers, Pierre,; Thun, Harald,; Upton, Clive,; Wattel, Evert,; Wikle, Tom A.,; Wollin, Markus,
• HerausgeberIn: Schmidt, Jürgen Erich,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science [HSK] , 30/2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1114 p.)

The Handbook of Language Mapping aims to explore the core methodological and theoretical approaches of linguistic cartography. In both empirical and theoretical linguistics, the spatial variation of language is of increasing interest and the visualization of language in space is therefore also of growing significance. It is the precondition for correct data interpretation. But how does it work? What has to be considered when drawing a map? And how has the problem been tackled so far? This book provides answers to such questions by taking a closer look at the theoretical issues surrounding cartography and at the concrete practice of mapping. The fundamental issues raised are addressed particularly well, since linguistic geography is not only one of the domains with a lengthy tradition, it is also one of the most progressive fields in linguistics. At the same time, because of their visual primacy, linguistic maps directly confront the challenges of human perception and aesthetics. In this context, envisioning the fruits of language mapping is a fascinating and inspiring endeavor, not just for experts. With its accessible texts and wealth of full-color images, the handbook not only represents a comprehensive manual serving the interests of a variety of readers, it also fills a gap in the ongoing linguistic discourse.

Table of Contents

Part I -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction to the Language and Space series -- Introduction -- I. Maps and the conceptualization of space -- 1. The notion of space -- 2. Visualizing geographic space: The nature of maps -- 3. Maps and cognition -- 4. Conceptualizations of geographic space in linguistics -- 5. Mapping language data -- 6. Mapping the geolinguistic spaces of the brain -- 7. Designing maps for non-linguists -- II. Traditions -- 8. Mapping the German language -- 9. Mapping Dutch and Flemish -- 10. Mapping the North Germanic languages -- 11. Mapping British English -- 12. Mapping North American English -- 13. Mapping the Romance languages of Europe -- 14. Mapping the Romance languages of the Americas -- 15. Mapping the Slavic languages -- 16. Mapping the Japanese language -- 17. Mapping linguistic typology -- III. Computerization -- 18. Creating digital editions of historical maps -- 19. Dynamic linguistic maps and validation -- 20. Generating maps on the internet -- 21. Animated maps -- 22. Dialectometry and quantitative mapping -- 23. GIS and sociolinguistics -- 24. Mapping aggregate variation -- 25. Probabilistic maps -- IV. Applications -- 26. Pluridimensional Cartography -- 27. Sprachraum and genetics -- 28. Sprachraum and infrastructure: Abstracting geographical space via railway distance -- 29. Sprachraum and geography: Linguistic macro-areas in Africa -- 30. Sprachraum and its perception -- 31. Sprachraum and sociodemographic variables -- 32. Geolinguistics of literacy -- Indexes -- Part II -- Introduction -- Categorical index -- List of cited atlases