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- | ====== Atlas of surnames in the Dutch language area: introduction | + | ====== Atlas of surnames in the Dutch language area: Introduction |
===== About this project ===== | ===== About this project ===== | ||
- | Just like the dialects, modern | + | Modern |
- | This online atlas of surnames in the Dutch-speaking area (AFNeT) aims at the digital publication of name maps in which the geographical | + | This online atlas of surnames in the Dutch language region |
- | The observed | + | There are four kinds of variations that appear in maps of contrasting types of surnames: orthographic variation (spelling), phonological variation (sounds), morphosyntactic variation (forms) and lexical variation (vocabulary).\\ |
+ | This research brings fundamental | ||
Ann Marynissen\\ | Ann Marynissen\\ | ||
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https:// | https:// | ||
+ | ===== Searching the atlas ===== | ||
- | ===== Material | + | The [[Index]] lists the lexemes covered alphabetically. If you click on a lexeme (at the bottom), links to the websites appear, where the variation of that lexeme is mapped and commented on.\\ |
+ | If you want to know if a specific surname is covered in one of the maps, you can type that name in the search bar on the upper right hand side.\\ | ||
+ | If you are, for example, looking for an overview of all kinds of spelling variations that were examined, click on [[Orthografie]] on the homepage, then click on ' | ||
+ | The sections [[Fonologie]], | ||
+ | The chapter [[Categorieën familienamen]] (Surname categories) offers an overview of lexical motif groups and grammatical types and their distribution in the Dutch language area.\\ | ||
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+ | ===== Data and method ===== | ||
The maps in this surname atlas are based on a complete list of surnames of residents of Belgium resp. of the Netherlands in 2007.\\ | The maps in this surname atlas are based on a complete list of surnames of residents of Belgium resp. of the Netherlands in 2007.\\ | ||
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Engineer Sebastiaan Marynissen (Whisthub BV) developed mapping software, with which name maps can be drawn with circle symbols of varying size and colour (following the format used in the Deutscher Familiennamenatlas), | Engineer Sebastiaan Marynissen (Whisthub BV) developed mapping software, with which name maps can be drawn with circle symbols of varying size and colour (following the format used in the Deutscher Familiennamenatlas), | ||
- | The distribution of an individual Belgian or Dutch surname can be looked up on the websites https:// | + | The distribution of an individual Belgian or Dutch surname can be looked up on the websites https:// |
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+ | The pages with the maps that are online published in this DokuWiki, are each structured as follows: | ||
+ | * Research question: explanation of what kind of variation is dealt with | ||
+ | * Data: enumeration of tokens (i.e. individual surnames with frequency) for each mapped type | ||
+ | * Map(s) (A, B, C…) with geographical distribution of the treated types in the Dutch language area | ||
+ | * Comment: Interpretation of the distribution of the types on the map | ||
+ | * Other variation: reference to other map pages with other types of variation on the same lexeme | ||
+ | * Tag: (Bottom right:) Overview of all pages in the atlas on which the tagged lexeme was treated | ||
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