23.2667, Software: 175,000 references for typology: Glottolog/Langdoc

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Subject: 23.2667, Software: 175,000 references for typology: Glottolog/Langdoc

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:36:26
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian_nordhoff at eva.mpg.de]
Subject: 175,000 references for typology: Glottolog/Langdoc

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Dear all,

It is my pleasure to announce the release of Glottolog/Langdoc. 
Glottolog/Langdoc is a knowledge base of 94k languoids (dialects, 
languages, families) interlinked with 175k references of mostly 
descriptive nature. References are annotated for type (grammar, 
dictionary, text, etc) and languages covered. You can browse 
languoids, browse references, formulate complex queries, and draw 
stratified samples. All references can be downloaded with Zotero or as 
bibtex.

Queries can take into account a variety of parameters. For instance, 
one can search for 'any grammar or grammar sketch of a Semitic 
language spoken in Africa published before 1998  where the author is 
'Ali'

Search languages:
http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/

Example:
http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/turk1304.xhtml

Search references:
http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/

Example:

http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/bibliographicalquery?
Author=sapir&Year=&After=&Before=1910&Title=&Editor=&Journal=&A
ddress=&Publisher=&Limit=50

Combined search:
http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/complexquery

Example:
- Choose 'Afro-Asiatic', 'Africa', 'Grammar' and enter 'Ali' in the author 
field. Click 'get references'.
    * The following references will be included in the page
    * http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection?
Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Author=ali&Limit=50
- Remove 'Ali' and try 'dual' in the 'contains' field
    * http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaycollection?
Lects=24745&Types=grammar&Area=africa&Contains=dual&Limit=50

Draw sample (takes some time, please do not try to draw very large 
samples)
http://www.glottolog.org/langdoc/drawsample

Example:
http://www.glottolog.org/resource/displaysample?
size=20&classification=Glottolog+2012¯oarea=North+America¯oarea=A
frica¯oarea=Eurasia¯oarea=South+America¯oarea=Australia¯oarea=P
acific&includeunclearinlg=1&after=1800

Glottolog/Langdoc is part of the Linguistic Linked Open Data Cloud. 
For information about the Semantic Web aspects of Glottolog/Langdoc, 
see this page:

http://glottolog.org/meta/downloads

For a list of resources combined in Glottolog/Langdoc, see the credits 
page

Glottolog/Langdoc is far from complete and will be continuously 
updated. If you have a bibliography for a particular area of the world 
sitting in your drawer, we are happy to receive it and add it to the 
knowledge base. 

We are also happy about error reports, which will be treated in a timely 
manner. 

Feedback is welcome.

Best wishes,

Sebastian Nordhoff (+Harald Hammarström, +Martin Haspelmath)

Linguistic Field(s): Genetic Classification
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Typology






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