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Software demonstration of the dictionary of the Flemish dialects and the pilot project dictionary of the Dutch dialects
(Limburgse) dialecten digitaal: drie digitaliseringsprojecten van variaties vzw. koepelorganisatie voor dialecten en oraal erfgoed in Vlaanderen
The Dictionary of the Southern Dutch Dialects (DSDD) : designing a virtual research environment for digital lexicological research
The southern Dutch dialect area consists of four dialect groups: (1) the Flemish dialects, spoken in French Flanders (France), West and East Flanders (Belgium) and Zeeland Flanders (the Netherlands); (2) the Brabantic dialects, spoken in Antwerp and Flemish Brabant (Belgium) and Northern Brabant (the Netherlands); (3) the Limburgian dialects (spoken in the Limburg provinces of Belgium and the Netherlands); (4) the Zeeland dialects, spoken in Zeeland and Goeree-Overflakkee (the Netherlands). The vocabulary of the Flemish, Brabantic and Limburgian group is brought together in three comprehensive thematically arranged dictionaries in a joint international and inter-university effort. The dictionaries are based on their own dialect questionnaires, but the very big - and older - collection of Ludovic Grootaers, father of Willem Grootaers, is added. Thus, the results of the lexicographic efforts of the father of Willem Grootaers, are brought to light at last (after more than 50 years!).
The dictionaries were set up in parallel in order to make possible the aggregation of the data, thus fulfilling the objectives of the founders of the projects (Toon Weijnen in Nijmegen, and Willem Pee in Gent). A project to this effect, the Dictionary of the Southern Dutch Dialects (DSDD) was launched in 2017. In our article, we will propose the plan for the aggregation and the state of affairs of the DSDD, the structure of the database and dwell on the different editorial problems that have to be solved. The different dictionaries / database were indeed composed over a very long period of time, at different places (Nijmegen, Leuven, Ghent) and by different editors, hence a great number of inconsistencies arose over time. In order to compose an aggregated DSDD-database, a number of standardization activities have to be carried out
The Database of the Southern Dutch Dialects: new opportunities for digital lexicological research
The Southern Dutch dialect area consists of four dialect groups; the Flemish, Brabantic,
Limburgian and the Zeeland dialects, partly found in the Netherlands, in Belgium and in NordPas-de-Calais (France). Each of these dialects has been described in a separate dictionary. The
Flemish, Brabantic and Limburgian dialect dictionaries are similarly constructed
onomasiological dialect dictionaries, whereas the Zeeland dialect dictionary is semasiologically
arranged.
The Database of the Southern Dutch Dialects (DSDD) project, initiated by Ghent University and
undertaken in close collaboration with the Dutch Language Institute, aimed to combine the
onomasiological dictionaries into one platform accessible for both dialect researchers and a
wider audience. Following the launch of the DSDD platform in 2020, dialect researchers can
now make use of extensive search functionalities and geo-visualise their results on an
interactive map.
The DSDD enables searching for individual dialect words (e.g. puit 'frog'), for all dialect words
from a certain municipality or region (e.g. all dialect words from the city of Antwerp) or for all
dialect words belonging to a certain concept (e.g. 'frog') or theme (fauna). Filters are available
to make the search query as accurate as possible.
Based on the search results, interactive maps can be compiled, visualising the data in its
geographical setting. The results can be clustered in various ways, using, for instance, frequency
or etymologically related entries. The maps are flexible enabling the user, for example, to select
the required level of detail to be visualised for the chosen region. A set of symbols and colours
is available and can be arranged according to the user’s needs. The area map can be enlarged
or reduced in size and printed or downloaded as a PDF file. In the future, the alphabetical dialect
data from the Woordenboek der Zeeuwse Dialecten will be added to the platform.
References
Van Keymeulen, J., V. De Tier, R. Vandenberghe & S. Chambers (2019), The dictionary of the
Southern Dutch Dialects (DSDD): designing a virtual research environment for digital
lexicological research. in: Dialectologia. Special issue, 8 (2019), 93-115
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