Advanced version of Typological Database System online / IPA Console available for download.

[Hengeveld, P.C.]

Dear colleagues,

 

We are proud to announce the publication of an advanced pre-release of the Typological Database System (TDS*) at:

 

http://languagelink.let.uu.nl/tds/

 

The TDS provides an online integrated interface to multiple independently developed typological databases. Currently 9 databases** in the fields of phonology and syntax are accessible through the system, and their number and the topics covered will increase in the near future. Through intelligent unified querying of these databases the system allows the combination of parameters across the boundaries of individual databases, thus increasing considerably the joint value of the information collected by individual researchers or research groups. The TDS system is made available free of charge to the linguistic community at large. Apart from its obvious research applications, it is a useful educational tool for courses in the field of linguistic typology. We cordially invite you to explore the system and welcome any comments you might have.

 

While you are visiting the TDS website, you may just as well have a look at the downloadable IPA console that was developed as a side product of the TDS system. The IPA console is an on-screen keyboard for typing characters and diacritics in the International Phonetic Alphabet using the layout of the familiar IPA tables. The console is a Java WebStart application which allows you to easily copy and paste strings of IPA symbols in Unicode. It can also be used to import legacy IPA text from the SIL IPA and IPA 93 encodings. Again we would be happy to receive your comments.

 

Best wishes, on behalf of the TDS research group,

 

Kees Hengeveld

home.hum.uva.nl/oz/hengeveldp

 

 

*The TDS project is being carried out by a research group of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT), with members representing the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Utrecht University. The project is based at the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication of the University of Amsterdam. It is financed through a grant by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and by the participating universities. The senior developers of the system are Tamás Bíró, Alexis Dimitriadis, Rob Goedemans, Adam Saulwick, and Menzo Windhouwer. 

 

**The databases and included so far are: 

Anaphora Typology Database (Alexis Dimitriadis, Martin Everaert, Eric Reuland, †Tanya Reinhart)

Person Agreement Database (Anna Siewierska, Dik Bakker)

Smith's Phoneme inventories (Norval Smith)

Stress Typology Database (Harry vd Hulst,  Rob Goedemans)

Syllable Typology Database (Harry van der Hulst, Erik Jan van der Torre)

Typological Database Amsterdam (Kees Hengeveld)

Typological Database Nijmegen (Leon Stassen)

Typological Database of Intensifiers and Reflexives (Volker Gast, Ekkehard König)

UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database (Ian Maddieson)

 

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