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Modern Dutch and Flemish surnames are regional: they usually appear concentrated in core areas in certain regions, where the name originated. Someone called // | Modern Dutch and Flemish surnames are regional: they usually appear concentrated in core areas in certain regions, where the name originated. Someone called // | ||
This online atlas of surnames in the Dutch language region (AFNeT) aims to map and comment on the distribution of types of Dutch and Flemish surnames in the year 2007. The focus lies on linguistically unlocking the rich variety hidden in our surnames.\\ | This online atlas of surnames in the Dutch language region (AFNeT) aims to map and comment on the distribution of types of Dutch and Flemish surnames in the year 2007. The focus lies on linguistically unlocking the rich variety hidden in our surnames.\\ | ||
- | 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 contrasts to light which reflect historical fractures in the Dutch language region. These are partially unlocked in my research on surname geography which I have steadily published on since 1991 (see [[Bibliografie)]], | + | 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 contrasts to light which reflect historical fractures in the Dutch language region. These are partially unlocked in my research on surname geography which I have steadily published on since 1991 (see [[Bibliografie)]], | ||
- | Just like the dialects, modern Dutch and Flemish surnames show a lot of regional variation. Most family names are geographically spread in a particular region, where the origin of the name is located. Whoever is called // | ||
- | This online atlas of surnames in the Dutch-speaking area (AFNeT) aims at the digital publication of name maps in which the geographical distribution of types of Flemish and Dutch surnames anno 2007 is documented and commented on. In order to linguistically explore the rich variety in these surnames, the name maps with contrasting types of surnames deal with four types of variation: orthographic variation (spelling), phonological variation (sounds), morphosyntactic variation (forms) and lexical variation (vocabulary).\\ | ||
- | The observed contrasts reveal striking structural differences, | ||
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+ | ===== 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 |
+ | 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.\\ | ||
- | 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 Belgian material contains the surnames, the place of residence and the number of name bearers per municipality of everyone who was registered in the Belgian population register on 31-12-2007.\\ | ||
- | The Dutch material contains all surnames (314,000 in total) with the number of name bearers per municipality, | ||
- | 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 pages with the maps that are online | + | ===== Data and method ===== |
- | * Research question: explanation of what kind of variation | + | |
- | * Data: enumeration of tokens (i.e. individual surnames | + | The maps made in this surname atlas are based on the exhaustive list of surnames of inhabitants of Belgium and the Netherlands respectively, |
- | * Map(s) (A, B, C…) with geographical distribution of the treated | + | 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.\\ |
- | * Comment: Interpretation of the distribution of the types on the map | + | The Dutch data contains all surnames (314,000 in total), showing the number of name bearers per municipality, |
- | * Other variation: | + | 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// |
- | * Tag: (Bottom right:) Overview of all pages in the atlas on which the tagged lexeme | + | |
+ | Anyone wanting to look up the distribution of individual surnames can visit the websites https:// | ||
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+ | The pages with map complexes | ||
+ | * Research question: explanation of the type of variation | ||
+ | * Data: enumeration of tokens (i.e. individual surnames | ||
+ | * Map(s) (A, B, C…) with geographical distribution of the studied surname | ||
+ | * Comment: Interpretation of the map | ||
+ | * Other variation: | ||
+ | * Tag (Bottom right hand side): Overview of all pages in the atlas where the tagged lexeme | ||
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