Univerzitetska Misao (Jan 2017)
Digital resources for studying Macedonian dialects
Abstract
The paper presents a database of digital data for the study of the Macedonian language and its dialects, which is the result of collecting the material for the Macedonian dialectological atlas and the General Slavic Linguistic Atlas. In addition to the general overview of the dialect differentiation of the Macedonian language, including the different phases and the factors influencing it, the individual dialects are also presented, and a special part devoted to the most important characteristics for the differentiation of the Macedonian language - phonological, prosodic and morphological characteristics. Researchers also can download a Questionnaire. The Questionnaire has a list of problems related to phonology, morphology, word-formation, and syntax, which is supported by many examples, thus completing an inventory of relevant language problems based on the phonological, morphological and syntactic maps of the future issue of Atlas. In addition to giving researchers insight into the text of dialects, a digital map of the Macedonian dialects has been created, representing an interactive collection of about 300 texts and 25 audio files on the map. Also, a digital dictionary of Macedonian dialects is given, which allows the researcher to get information about the form in which the requested lexeme was recorded at certain research points. There are also data about the research points: the name of the research point, the previous and the present name of the municipality in which it is located, the dialect and the speech in the research point, the population, the interest of the inhabitants, the religion, whether the village has a school and when was the first time it is mentioned. Finally, the Small Atlas of the Macedonian Dialects is also available, which is a map of Macedonia with marked research points according to the research points indicated in the General Slavic Linguistic Atlas.
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