LINGUIST List 23.2667: Software: 175,000 references for typology: Glottolog/Langdoc

LINGUIST List 23.2667
Sun Jun 10 2012 Software: 175,000 references for typology: Glottolog/Langdoc Editor for this issue: Justin Petro <justinlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 08-Jun-2012 From: Sebastian Nordhoff <sebastian_nordhoffeva.mpg.de> Subject: 175,000 references for typology: Glottolog/Langdoc E-mail this message to a friend Dear all, It is my pleasure to announce the release of Glottolog/Langdoc. Glottolog/Langdoc is a knowledge base of 94k languoids (dialects, languages, families) interlinked with 175k references of mostly descriptive nature. References are annotated for type (grammar, dictionary, text, etc) and languages covered. You can browse languoids, browse references, formulate complex queries, and draw stratified samples. All references can be downloaded with Zotero or as bibtex. Queries can take into account a variety of parameters. For instance, one can search for 'any grammar or grammar sketch of a Semitic language spoken in Africa published before 1998 where the author is 'Ali': Search languages: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/ Example: http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/turk1304.xhtml Search references: http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/ Example: http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/bibliographicalquery? Author=sapir&Year=&After=&Before=1910&Title=&Editor=&Journal=&A ddress=&Publisher=&Limit=50 Combined search: http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/complexquery Example: - Choose 'Afro-Asiatic', 'Africa', 'Grammar' and enter 'Ali' in the author field. Click 'get references'. * The following references will be included in the page * http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection? Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Author=ali&Limit=50 - Remove 'Ali' and try 'dual' in the 'contains' field * http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection? Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Contains=dual&Limit=50 Draw sample (takes some time, please do not try to draw very large samples) http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/drawsample Example: http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaysample? size=20&classification=Glottolog+2012¯oarea=North+America¯oarea=A frica¯oarea=Eurasia¯oarea=South+America¯oarea=Australia¯oarea=P acific&includeunclearinlg=1&after=1800 Glottolog/Langdoc is part of the Linguistic Linked Open Data Cloud. For information about the Semantic Web aspects of Glottolog/Langdoc, see this page: http://glottolog.org/meta/downloads For a list of resources combined in Glottolog/Langdoc, see the credits page. Glottolog/Langdoc is far from complete and will be continuously updated. If you have a bibliography for a particular area of the world sitting in your drawer, we are happy to receive it and add it to the knowledge base. We are also happy about error reports, which will be treated in a timely manner. Feedback is welcome. Best wishes, Sebastian Nordhoff (+Harald Hammarström, +Martin Haspelmath) Linguistic Field(s): Genetic Classification Historical Linguistics Typology Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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