TY - BOOK ID - 19360997 TI - Language and Space AU - Bailey, Guy AU - Barbiers, Sjef AU - Bollmann, Jürgen AU - Britain, David AU - Chambers, J K AU - Dell'Aquila, Vittorio AU - Dietrich, Wolf AU - Edlund, Lars-Erik AU - Girnth, Heiko AU - Güldemann, Tom AU - Inoue, Fumio AU - Kehrein, Roland AU - Kloferova´, Stanislava AU - Kruijsen, Joep AU - Kunst, Jan Pieter AU - Lameli, Alfred AU - Mang, Alexander AU - Manni, Franz AU - Mühlhäusler, Peter AU - Nerbonne, John AU - Onishi, Takuichiro AU - Ormeling, Ferjan AU - Preston, Dennis R AU - Rabanus, Christian AU - Rabanus, Stefan AU - Ramisch, Heinrich AU - Reenen, Pieter van AU - Schmidt, Jürgen Erich AU - Sijs, Nicoline van der AU - Swiggers, Pierre AU - Thun, Harald AU - Upton, Clive AU - Wattel, Evert AU - Wikle, Tom A AU - Wollin, Markus AU - Goebl, Hans AU - Montgomery, Chris AU - Scheuringer, Hermann PY - 2011 SN - 3110196093 3110219166 9783110219166 9783110196092 PB - Berlin Boston DB - UniCat KW - Language and languages KW - Linguistic geography KW - Dialectology KW - Dialects KW - Dialect geography KW - Geography, Linguistic KW - Language geography KW - Characterology of speech KW - Language diversity KW - Language subsystems KW - Language variation KW - Linguistic diversity KW - Variation in language KW - Variation KW - Geography KW - E-books KW - Areal linguistics KW - Linguistic geography. KW - Dialectology. KW - Variation. KW - Language and languages - Variation KW - Sociolinguistics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19360997 AB - The Handbook of Language Mapping aims to explore the core methodological and theoretical approaches of linguistic cartography. In both empirical and theoretical linguistics, the spatial variation of language is of increasing interest and the visualization of language in space is therefore also of growing significance. It is the precondition for correct data interpretation. But how does it work? What has to be considered when drawing a map? And how has the problem been tackled so far? This book provides answers to such questions by taking a closer look at the theoretical issues surrounding cartography and at the concrete practice of mapping. The fundamental issues raised are addressed particularly well, since linguistic geography is not only one of the domains with a lengthy tradition, it is also one of the most progressive fields in linguistics. At the same time, because of their visual primacy, linguistic maps directly confront the challenges of human perception and aesthetics. In this context, envisioning the fruits of language mapping is a fascinating and inspiring endeavor, not just for experts. With its accessible texts and wealth of full-color images, the handbook not only represents a comprehensive manual serving the interests of a variety of readers, it also fills a gap in the ongoing linguistic discourse. ER -