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===== 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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Universität zu Köln\\ | Universität zu Köln\\ | ||
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+ | ===== Searching the atlas ===== | ||
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+ | 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 ===== | ||
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+ | The maps made in this surname atlas are based on the exhaustive list of surnames of inhabitants of Belgium and the Netherlands respectively, | ||
+ | The Belgian data contains the surnames, place of residence and the number of name bearers per municipality of all those listed in the in the Belgian population register by 31-12-2007.\\ | ||
+ | The Dutch data contains all surnames (314,000 in total), showing the number of name bearers per municipality, | ||
+ | Software engineer Sebastiaan Marynissen (Whisthub BV) designed custom-made cartography software for this data which draws mulitvariate name maps with colour-coded pie charts in different sizes, showing the frequency and distribution of the selected name types in the Dutch language area, modelled on the maps in the //Deutscher Familiennamenatlas// | ||
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+ | Anyone wanting to look up the distribution of individual surnames can visit the websites https:// | ||
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+ | The pages with map complexes that are published online in this DokuWiki have the following fixed **structure**: | ||
+ | * Research question: explanation of the type of variation being discussed | ||
+ | * Data: enumeration of tokens (i.e. individual surnames and their frequencies) for each mapped type | ||
+ | * Map(s) (A, B, C…) with geographical distribution of the studied surname types in the Dutch language area | ||
+ | * Comment: Interpretation of the map | ||
+ | * Other variation: referrals to web pages with other types of variation for the same lexeme | ||
+ | * Tag (Bottom right hand side): Overview of all pages in the atlas where the tagged lexeme is covered | ||
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- | ===== Material and method ===== | ||
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