Evaluating the Relationship between Linguistic and Geographic Distances using a 3D Visualization Export

@proceedings{1299, abstract = {In this paper we discuss how linguistic and geographic distances can be related using a 3D visualization. We will convert linguistic data for locations along the German-Dutch border to linguistic distances that can be compared directly to geographic distances. This enables us to visualize linguistic distances as "real" distances with the use of the third dimension available in 3D modelling software. With such a visualization we will test if descriptive dialect data support the hypothesis that the German-Dutch state border became a linguistic border between the German and Dutch dialects. Our visualization is implemented in the 3D modelling software SketchUp.}, author = {Folkert and Hout, Roeland V. and (elra), European L.}, citeulike-article-id = {3275500}, journal = {Proceedings of the Sixth International Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'08)}, keywords = {3d, geographic, geovisualization, linguistic}, month = {May}, number = {Marrakech, Morocco}, posted-at = {2008-09-16 20:26:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Evaluating the Relationship between Linguistic and Geographic Distances using a 3D Visualization}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - 1299 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3275500 N2 - In this paper we discuss how linguistic and geographic distances can be related using a 3D visualization. We will convert linguistic data for locations along the German-Dutch border to linguistic distances that can be compared directly to geographic distances. This enables us to visualize linguistic distances as "real" distances with the use of the third dimension available in 3D modelling software. With such a visualization we will test if descriptive dialect data support the hypothesis that the German-Dutch state border became a linguistic border between the German and Dutch dialects. Our visualization is implemented in the 3D modelling software SketchUp. IS - Marrakech, Morocco JF - Proceedings of the Sixth International Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'08) TI - Evaluating the Relationship between Linguistic and Geographic Distances using a 3D Visualization KW - 3d KW - geographic KW - geovisualization KW - linguistic AU - Folkert AU - Hout, Roeland AU - (elra), European PY - 2008/05// ER -