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Linguistic Mapping on the Virtual Linguistic Campus (VLC)

Linguistic Mapping on the Virtual Linguistic Campus (VLC). Mapping Technologies and Linguistic Tools Jürgen Handke, handke@staff.uni-marburg.de. The Virtual Linguistics Campus. the world‘s largest e-learning platform for linguistics currently 1400 registered users

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Linguistic Mapping on the Virtual Linguistic Campus (VLC)

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  1. Linguistic Mapping on the Virtual Linguistic Campus (VLC) Mapping Technologies and Linguistic Tools Jürgen Handke, handke@staff.uni-marburg.de

  2. The Virtual Linguistics Campus • the world‘s largest e-learning platform for linguistics • currently 1400 registered users • more than 40 „courses“ in ca. 70 „classes“ • more than 100.000 web elements • ca. 2500 visit(or)s per day • more than 30 universities, plus „Global Access“ users • http://www.linguistics-online.com

  3. Linguistic Software Development (by VLC team) • since 1990 multimedia components for teaching linguistics • 1996 „The Interactive Introduction to Linguistics“ (2nd ed. 1998) • 1997 „Die Interaktive Einf. in die Linguistik“ (German version) • 2000 „The Mouton Interactive Introd. to Phonetics & Phonology • 2002 „The Virtual Linguistics Campus“ (project start) • 2002 „Linguistic Engineering“ (new degree program) • 2004 „Varieties of English“ (CD-ROM and WWW) • 2004 „The Virtual Center for Teacher Training“ (project start) • 2005 „Atlas of North American English“ (CD-ROM and WWW) • 2007 „The LET Vocabulary Trainer“ (project start) • 2007 All VLC-projects fully operational • 2008 „Online Master: Linguistics and Language Technology“

  4. VLC-Utilities (for users) • language index • cross-searcher • glossary • VIP-index • interactive tutor • online-dictionary • messaging and communication facilities • document download and bibliographies • quality assurance (student/scientific evaluation) • workbooks for all classes • … full database support (server-based web-technologies) • … integrated learning management system

  5. Maps on the VLC – Languages and Linguistic Parameters example: The VLC Language Index

  6. Maps on the VLC – Parameter Comparison example: English Dialects

  7. Maps on the VLC – Isoglosses and Sound Samples example: ANAE

  8. VLC – Mapping and Language Tools • all maps with server-based database support (allowing flexible and fast updating) • parameter and sound comparison on all maps • optional topographic and political information on all maps • zooming techniques for all maps • flexible tooltip facilities on all maps • corporate design for audio- and video controls • text-sound synchronisation (text-highlighting) All tools were developed in close cooperation with dialectologists, language typologists and their publishers.

  9. Thank you for your attention Jürgen Handke and the LET handke@staff.uni-marburg.de

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