Abstract
The Process, Methods and Technics in Compiling Dialect Maps: The Case of Dutch Dialect Atlases
Dialect maps show the geographical distribution of linguistic variables. First atlases on European languages were published at the beginning of the 19th century. Since then, many atlases have been revealed at both national and regional level. Contemporarily the so called new age atlases are being compiled in parallel with the advances in digital sciences. In spite of this progress in dialect mapping, the Dialect Atlas of Turkish has not been compiled yet. This study aims to introduce one of the new-age atlas projects, Dutch Dialect Atlases, and particularly deals with the process and methods of the Syntactic Atlas of Dutch Dialects to guide the scholars who will undertake the future Dialect Atlas of Turkish.
Keywords
Dialect maps, dialects, Dutch dialect atlases