The book presents the use of "kernel smoothing", a family of methods adapted from fields such as signal processing, as a way to identify the true spatial distribution of linguistic forms at particular points in time. The use of kernel smoothing in historical dialectology and new approaches...

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1. Verfasser:	Blaxter, Tamsin (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Chichester Wiley Blackwell 2021
Schriftenreihe:	Publications of the Philological Society 53
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1322-1554 Norwegisch Dialektologie Hochschulschrift
Zusammenfassung:	The book presents the use of "kernel smoothing", a family of methods adapted from fields such as signal processing, as a way to identify the true spatial distribution of linguistic forms at particular points in time. The use of kernel smoothing in historical dialectology and new approaches to parameter setting are discussed in chapter 2. The main part of the book then presents a series of case studies from the history of Norwegian. Some of the major phonological and morphosyntactic shifts which transformed the language from Old Norwegian through middle to modern Norwegian are investigated. For the first time, the kernel smoothing method allows as to see how these changes spread from place to place, and these findings are used to throw light on a number of more general research questions of interest to an audience beyond Scandinavianists. Finally, a step-by-step guide to kernel smoothing is offered, so than non-experts can apply the approach to their own data.
Beschreibung:	250 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 23 cm
ISBN:	9781119858973