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Kluge A (2008). A synchronic lexical study of the Ede language continuum of West Africa: The effects of different similarity judgment criteria. Afrikanistik online, Vol. 2007. (urn:nbn:de:0009-10-13285)

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%T A synchronic lexical study of the Ede language continuum of West Africa: The effects of different similarity judgment criteria
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%X In the context of a synchronic lexical study of the Ede varieties of West Africa, this paper investigates whether the use of different criteria sets to judge the similarity of lexical features in different language varieties yields matching conclusions regarding the relative relationships and clustering of the investigated varieties and thus compatible recommendations for further sociolinguistic research. Word lists elicited in 28 Ede varieties were analyzed with the inspection method. To explore the effects of different similarity judgment criteria, two different similarity judgment criteria sets were applied to the elicited data to identify similar lexical items. The quantification of these similarity decisions lead to the computation of two similarity matrices which were subsequently analyzed by means of correlation analysis and multidimensional scaling. The analysis findings suggest compatible conclusions regarding the relative relationships and clustering of the investigated Ede varieties. However, the matching clustering results do not necessarily lead to the same recommendations for more in-depth sociolinguistic research, when interpreted in terms of an absolute lexical similarity threshold. The indicated ambiguities suggest the usefulness of focusing on the relative, rather than absolute in establishing recommendations for further sociolinguistic research.
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  author = 	"Kluge, Angela",
  title = 	"A synchronic lexical study of the Ede language continuum of West Africa: The effects of different similarity judgment criteria",
  journal = 	"Afrikanistik online",
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Bibliographic Citation Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2007, Iss. 4
Title

A synchronic lexical study of the Ede language continuum of West Africa: The effects of different similarity judgment criteria (eng)
Author Angela Kluge
Language eng
Abstract In the context of a synchronic lexical study of the Ede varieties of West Africa, this paper investigates whether the use of different criteria sets to judge the similarity of lexical features in different language varieties yields matching conclusions regarding the relative relationships and clustering of the investigated varieties and thus compatible recommendations for further sociolinguistic research. Word lists elicited in 28 Ede varieties were analyzed with the inspection method. To explore the effects of different similarity judgment criteria, two different similarity judgment criteria sets were applied to the elicited data to identify similar lexical items. The quantification of these similarity decisions lead to the computation of two similarity matrices which were subsequently analyzed by means of correlation analysis and multidimensional scaling. The analysis findings suggest compatible conclusions regarding the relative relationships and clustering of the investigated Ede varieties. However, the matching clustering results do not necessarily lead to the same recommendations for more in-depth sociolinguistic research, when interpreted in terms of an absolute lexical similarity threshold. The indicated ambiguities suggest the usefulness of focusing on the relative, rather than absolute in establishing recommendations for further sociolinguistic research. Im Rahmen eines synchronen lexikalischen Forschungsprojekts der Varianten des Ede in Westafrika, untersucht der Aufsatz, ob die Anwendung unterschiedlicher Sets von Kriterien zu entsprechenden Ergebnissen in Bezug auf die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen und Gruppierung der betroffenen Varianten liefert. Somit erhebt sich die Frage, ob der Ansatz für zukünftige soziolinguistische Untersuchungen empfehlenswert ist. Wortlisten aus28 Ede-Sprachen wurden mit der Inspektionsmethode untersucht. Um die Auswirkungen verschiedener Kriterien für die Ähnlichkeitsprüfung auszuwerten, wurden zwei unterschiedliche Sets von Kriterien zur Ähnlichkeitsprüfung auf die erhobenen Daten für die Bestimmung ähnlicher Wörter angewendet. Die Quantifizierung dieser Ähnlichkeitsentscheidungen führte zur Berechnung von zwei Ähnlichkeitsmatrizes die dann mittels einer Korrelationsanalyse und einer mehrdimensionalen Skalierung analysiert wurden. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung lassen vergleichbare Schlüsse in Bezug auf die Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen und Gruppierungen der untersuchten Varianten des Ede erwarten. Doch selbst wenn die Gruppieren passen, bedeutet dies nicht unbedingt, dass dieselben Empfehlungen auch für mehr in die Tiefe gehende soziolinguistische Untersuchungen gelten. Die aufgezeigten Zweideutigkeiten lassen es sinnvoll erscheinen, sich bei der Erarbeitung von Empfehlungen für weitere soziolinguistische Untersuchungen mehr auf das Relative als das Absolute zu konzentrieren. Dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche de lexique synchronisé des variantes d’Ede en Afrique de l’Ouest, cette étude essaie de voir si l’emploi de différents lots de critères donne des résultats appropriés concernant les relations de parenté et le regroupement des variantes en question. Ainsi, on se pose la question, à savoir s’il est recommandé de faire une tentative de recherches sociolinguistiques futures sur le sujet. Des listes de mots établies à partir de 28 langues Ede ont été examinées avec la méthode d’inspection. Pour explorer les effets de différents lots de critères dans l’examen de la ressemblance, on a utilisé deux différents critères d’examen en vue de déterminer les mots qui se ressemblent. La quantification de ces décisions de similitude a amené à concevoir deux matrices de ressemblance, qui seront ensuite examinées à l’aide d’une analyse de co-relation et d’une graduation à plusieurs dimensions. Les résultats de cette investigation laissent espérer des conclusions similaires en ce qui concerne les relations de parenté et le regroupement des variantes d’Ede qui ont été examinées. Cependant, la réussite des regroupements ne signifie pas qu’il y aura obligatoirement les mêmes recommandations pour des recherches sociolinguistiques plus poussées. Les ambiguïtés indiquées suggèrent qu’il serait mieux, dans la recherche de recommandations pour d’autres investigations sociolinguistiques, de se concentrer beaucoup plus sur le relatif que sur l’absolu.
Subject Ede, Nigeria, Yoruba
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URN: urn:nbn:de:0009-10-13285