Discover, transcribe and evaluate old dialect words with “The ABCs of dialect”! Help us process 100-year-old language data and explore the linguistic heritage of Austria!
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It's great that the material, which was collected 100 years ago by citizens, is made accessible to them and they can deal with the historical vocabulary and contribute to its evaluation and transcription.
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Language is one of the most important means of human communication, an essential part of our culture and it can also fulfill an identity-forming function. At the same time, it is constantly changing with the society that uses it. There are words that were used a century ago, but that no one knows today. Simultaneously, there are other words are still in use but have changed their meaning.
With "The ABCs of dialect" you can rediscover old dialect words and help us process the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Bavarian-Austrian language area! Transcribe and evaluate manuscripts from a historical dictionary project that are more than 100 years old!