Chapter 10
ASinEs
An interactive atlas for the study of syntactic variation of
Spanish
In this chapter we present the
ASinEs project (
Atlas Sintáctico del
Español, http://www.asines.org
), an unprecedented tool for the study of dialectal
variation in the syntax of Spanish. After an introductory
presentation (Section 1),
we set the
ASinEs in the context of the study of
dialectal syntax and outline the reasons for its creation (Section 2). Next, we explain the goals the atlas is intended to achieve and how it is structured
(Section 3). We go on
to show how information is entered in the atlas (from both manager
and user perspectives) (Section 4), and finally explain how to use the search
engine and other resources available on the website (Section 5).
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Motivations for the ASinEs project
- 2.1The general scarcity of studies on syntactic
variation
- 2.2The rise of a new tendency
- 2.3
The ASinEs project in this
context
- 3.Goals and configuration of the ASinEs
project
- 4.The structure of the atlas
- 4.1Data
- 4.2Grammatical description
- 4.3Distribution
- 4.4Analysis
- 4.5Other information and ID
- 4.6The file as a working unit
- 5.How to use the ASinEs
- 5.1The ASinES search engine
- 5.1.1
Maps
- 5.1.2
Cross-browsing
- 5.2Other resources
- 6.Challenges for the ASinEs
- 7.Conclusion
-
Acknowledgements
-
Notes
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References