Network by dialect

Revision as of 15:01, 2 December 2011

This page gives an overview of the dialects and the dialect syntacticians associated with them.

Afrikaans

• Theresa Biberauer at University of Cambridge
• Mark de Vos at Rhodes Univeristy, Grahamstown

Basque dialects

• Beatriz Fernández, Pablo Albizu at University of the Basque Country
• Ricardo Etxepare, Bernard Oyharçabal at University of Bayonne (IKER)

Breton dialects

• Mélanie Jouitteau at CNRS, France. The wikipedia site that she has created for her project, ARBRES, can be found here.

Catalan dialects

• Gemma Rigau at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Danish dialects

• Tanya Christensen, Eva Skafte Jensen at Roskilde University Center
• Sten Vikner, Tavs Bjerre, Henrik Jørgensen, Ken Ramshøj Christensen, Inger Schoonderbeek Hansen, Kathrine Beck Risom at University of Århus
• Karen Margrethe Pedersen, Inge Lise Pedersen, Torben Juel Jensen at University of Copenhagen

Dutch dialects

In general:

• Sjef Barbiers, Hans Bennis, Eefje Boef, Marika Lekakou, Gertjan Postma at Meertens Institute
• Norbert Corver, Marjo van Koppen, Huib Kranendonk at Utrecht University
• Fred Weerman, Suzanne Aalberse, Olaf Koeneman, Hedde Zeijlstra at University of Amsterdam.
• Guido Vanden Wyngaerd, Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck, at Katholieke Universiteit Brussel
• Magda Devos, Lobke Aelbrecht at University of Gent
• Johan Van Der Auwera at University of Antwerp
• Tanja Temmerman at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
• Gunther de Vogelaer at University of Munster

(West-)Flemish:

• Liliane Haegeman at University of Ghent

English dialects

In general:

• Jenny Cheshire at Queen Mary, University of London
• Bernd Kortmann, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi at University of Freiburg
• Karen Corrigan, Isabelle Buchstaller, Anders Holmberg at University of Newcastle
• Joan Beal at University of Sheffield
• Alison Henry at University of Ulster Jordanstown

Appalachian English:

• Judy Bernstein at William Paterson University
• Marcel den Dikken at CUNY, The Graduate Center
• Christina Tortora at CUNY, College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center
• Raffaella Zanuttini at Yale University

Bradford English:

• Faye Chalcraft, University of Cambridge

Hiberno-English:

• James McCloskey at University of California at Santa Cruz
• Alison Henry & Siobhán Cottell at University of Ulster Jordanstown

Scottish English:

• Jennifer Smith at Glasgow University
• David Adger at Queen Mary, University of London

Faroese dialects

• Caroline Heycock, Antonella Sorace at University of Edinburgh
• Hjalmar Petersen at University of Hamburg
• Höskuldur Thráinsson, Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson, Thórhallur Eythórsson at University of Iceland
• Øystein Vangsnes, Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson at University of Tromsø
• Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Hansen, Lena Reinart, Victoria Absalonsenat University of the Faroe Islands

Finnish dialects

• Hannele Forsberg at University of Joensuu
• Anders Holmberg at University of Newcastle
• Jaakko Leino at Åbo Akademi University/University of Helsinki
• Urpo Nikanne at Åbo Akademi University
• Maria Vilkuna at Research Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus)

French dialects

Occitan:

• Andres Kristol at University of Neuchâtel
• Michèle Olivieri, Pierre-Aurélien Georges at University of Nice
• Patrick Sauzet at University of Toulouse

Franco-Provencal:

• Ur Shlonsky at University of Geneva
• Andres Kristol at University of Neuchâtel

Frisian dialects

• Eric Hoekstra & Henk Wolf at Fryske Akademy
• Jarich Hoekstra at University of Kiel

Gaelic dialects

Scottish Gaelic:

• David Adger at Queen Mary, University of London

German dialects

In general:

• Helmut Weiss at University of Frankfurt
• Ellen Brandner, Josef Bayer, Tanja Schmid at University of Konstanz
• Ralf Vogel at University of Potsdam
• Andreas Pankau at Utrecht University

Alemannic:

• Ellen Brandner at University of Konstanz
• Elvira Glaser at University of Zürich

Austrian German:

• Franz Patocka at University of Vienna

Bavarian:

• Hans-Werner Eroms at University of Passau
• Josef Bayer at University of Konstanz

Swiss German:

• Elvira Glaser at University of Zürich
• Martin Salzmann at University of Zürich/Konstanz
• Ur Shlonsky at University of Geneva

Tyrolean:

• Birgit Alber at University of Verona

Greek dialects

In general:

• Angela Ralli, Anna Roussou at University of Patras
• Symeon Tsolakidi, at Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation
• Vasilios Spyropoulos, University of Athens
• Anthi Revithiadou, University of the Aegean

Asia Minor dialects:

• Angela Ralli at University of Patras

Cappadocian dialect:

• Mark Janse at the University of Gent, Dimitris Papazacharidou at University of Patras

Cretan dialect:

• Ioanna Kappa at University of Crete

Cypriot Greek:

• Stravroula Tsiplakou, Yoryia Agouraki, Phoevos Panagiotidis, Kleanthes Grohmann at University of Cyprus

Grico dialect (spoken in Italy):

• Angela Ralli, Argyris Archakis, Dimitris Papazachariou at University of Patras

Pontic Greek:

• Ioanna Sitaridou at University of Cambridge

Icelandic dialects

• Höskuldur Thráinsson, Ásgímur Angantysson, Ásta Svavarsdóttir, Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, Finnur Fridriksson, Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson, Sigrídur Sigurjónsdóttir, Theódóra Anna Torfadóttir, Thórhallur Eythorsson, Thórunn Blöndal at University of Iceland

Italian dialects

In general:

• Rita Manzini, Leonardo Savoia at University of Florence

Northern Italian dialects:

• Cecilia Poletto at University of Venice
• Paola Benincà at University of Padua

Southern Italian dialects:

• Michela Cennamo at University of Napels Federico II
• Angela Ralli and her group at Univesity of Patras (Greek-based, Grico dialect)

Macedonian dialects

• Olga Tomic at University of Skopje/University of Novi Sad

Malagasy dialects

• Ileana Paul at University of Western Ontario

Norwegian dialects

• Toril Fiva at University of Nordland
• Janne Bondi Johannesen, Kristin Hagen, Arne Martinus Lindstad and Anders Nøklestad at University of Oslo
• Øystein Vangsnes, Peter Svenonius, Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen, Philipp Conzett, Madeleine Halmøy, Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson, Endre Mørck, Marit Richardsen Westergaard, Christine Bjerkan Østbø, Hilde Sollid at University of Tromsø
• Tor Åfarli, Kristin Mehlum Eide, Elfrid Haaker Fjøsne, Randi Alice Nilsen, Mari Nygård, Leiv Inge Aa at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim

Portuguese dialects

• Ana Maria Martins, Ernestina Carrilho, Catarina Magro, Maria Lobo, Sandra Pereira at University of Lisbon
• Ananda Lima at University of California, Los Angeles Linguistics Department (Brazilian Portuguese)

Sámi dialects

• Mikael Vinka, Mikael Svonni at Umeå University

Spanish dialects

• Ines Fernandez-Ordonez at University of Madrid 

Swedish dialects

In general:

• Jan-Ola Östman, Magnus Brenner, Jan Lindström, Leila Mattfolk, Åsa Mickwitz, Saija Tamminen, Camilla Wide at University of Helsinki
• Lars-Olof Delsing, Charlotte Carling, Mirjam Carlsson, Therese Granwald, Marit Julien, Katarina Lundin-Åkesson, Magdalena Munther, Karin Odham, Fredrik Persson, Christer Plackzack, Henrik Rosenkvist at University of Lund

Finnish Swedish:

• Lisa Södergård, Ann-Marie Ivars at The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS)
• Anders Holmberg at University of Newcastle

Welsh dialects

• David Willis (University of Cambridge), Maggie Tallerman (University of Newcastle) and Bob Borsley (University of Essex) have recently launched the Syntactic Atlas of Welsh Dialects. This is a project aimed at establishing the extent of variation in the syntax of present-day Welsh, including age-related variation and variation due to linguistic background, as well as geogrpahical variation.