General Online Dialect Atlas
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A dialect atlas is a book of maps containing data from a linguistic area or selected geolinguistic interpretations illustrating dialect relationships, but an online dialect atlas is much more: it is a repository of data, a broad means to access and process the data, and a dynamic presentation of results in multiple forms.
Modern Information Technology has changed the way we present and use dialect atlases. Here is a proposal for a general online dialect atlas, and an account of some of the experiences that have led us to this proposal.
The proposal is in the form of a draft (unpublished) paper, and a corresponding Powerpoint presentation given at the International Linguistic Association meeting, New Paltz, New York, 16 April 2010. Comments to the authors (ewheeler@yorku.ca) are welcome.