37.1041, Books: Advancing Explanatory and Tonal Dialectometry: Sung (2026)

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Subject: 37.1041, Books: Advancing Explanatory and Tonal Dialectometry: Sung (2026)

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Date: 12-Mar-2026
From: Jan Martin [Lotdissertations-fgw at uva.nl]
Subject: Advancing Explanatory and Tonal Dialectometry: Sung (2026)


Title: Advancing Explanatory and Tonal Dialectometry
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
(LOT)
           http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: https://dx.medra.org/10.48273/LOT0709

Author(s): Ho Wang Matthew Sung

Paperback
ISBN: 978-94-6093-494-0
Pages: 233
Price: 37,00 euros

Abstract:

Dialectometry is a quantitative branch of dialectology, which makes
use of computational and statistical methods on dialect data in order
to understand language variation in space. The current dissertation
presents how dialectometry can deepen our understanding of the
variation of Yue dialects spoken in Southern China. It also shows how
Yue can help us to broaden the scope of computational methods used in
dialectometry, particularly in accounting for tonal languages, which
are common in the world, but not so common as a subject of study
within dialectometry.
A number of research questions are addressed in the current
dissertation, and they fall under the following themes: 1) segmental
classification of Yue dialects, 2) identification of characteristic
features of Yue dialects, 3) tonal classification of Yue dialects and
4) comparison between segmental and tonal variation within Yue
dialects.
The current thesis has demonstrated that computational methods are not
there to replace humans. They help us to overcome the limits and
barriers of manual analyses. These methods do not directly provide the
answers to the research questions – interpretations are still required
to be made by the experts with their experience.

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Yue Chinese (yue)

Language Family(ies): Chinese Subgroup




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