Normally, all projects of the research unit Linguistics also contribute to the research topic Corpus Linguistics. This focus reflects the digital orientation and text-technological strength of the research unit Linguistics, whose projects – in close cooperation with the research unit DH Research & Infrastructure – lead to the generation and processing of language-related data and corpora, which are also made available to other researchers (and the interested public) on a long-term basis.

The ABC(s) of Dialects

The ABC(s) of Dialects

The project aims at transcribing and evaluating the handwirting and lexis contained on the over 100-year-old WBÖ paper slips with the intention of engaging citizens with their linguistic and regional heritage.

Austriacisms – AMC meets Variationist Linguistics

Austriacisms – AMC meets Variationist Linguistics

A joint pilot project of the RU Linguistics and the SFB “German in Austria” focuses lexical variation, providing innovative analyses based on both present day and historic data.

B-VG 1920 – The Emergence of the Austrian Federal Constitutional Law of 1920

B-VG 1920 – The Emergence of the Austrian Federal Constitutional Law of 1920

Description of the creation of the Austrian Federal Constitution based on the sources and texts of 1919 and 1920

Austrian Dialect Recordings

Austrian Dialect Recordings

In this cooperation project, a unique corpus of historical Austrian dialect recordings from the 20th century is being researched and processed.

Documenting Zargari

Documenting Zargari

The project is dedicated to documenting and analyzing the highly endangered Zargari Romani variety spoken in North-West Iran.

LAPIS – Linguae Austriacae

LAPIS – Linguae Austriacae

Lapis is an online portal currently being developed to collect different language data from & about Austria to make them interoperable with each other.

LexAT21 – Atlas on lexical variation in Austria in the 21st century

LexAT21 – Atlas on lexical variation in Austria in the 21st century

LexAT visualizes lexical variation of the spoken language in Austria on the whole dialect-standard-axis multi-perspectively and interactively through an innovative mapping tool.

Lexicography meets AI

Lexicography meets AI

LIÖ – Lexical Information System Austria

LIÖ – Lexical Information System Austria

The Lexical Information System Austria (LIÖ) is a platform on which interested users can find out more about vocabulary and lexical variation in Austria.

RAHiG – Relational Adjectives in the History of German

RAHiG – Relational Adjectives in the History of German

The project deals with relational adjectives and their historical development in German.

SFB “German in Austria"

SFB “German in Austria"

Collaborative efforts of the research unit "Linguistics" regarding its sociolinguistic scope with the SFB "German in Austria"

Shawi – The Shawi-type Arabic dialects

Shawi – The Shawi-type Arabic dialects

The focus of the project is on the Arabic minority variety spoken in the Harran-Urfa region of Southeastern Turkey.

TUNOCENT – Tunisia’s Linguistic terra incognita

TUNOCENT – Tunisia’s Linguistic terra incognita

TUNOCENT will provide up-to-date linguistic data and analysis for the hitherto almost unknown Arabic varieties spoken in northwestern and central Tunisia.

VICAV – Vienna Corpus of Arabic Varieties

VICAV – Vienna Corpus of Arabic Varieties

This online Corpus of Arabic varieties is a virtual research platform for Arabic dialectology and a testing ground for new text technological methods.

WIBARAB – What is bedouin-type Arabic?

WIBARAB – What is bedouin-type Arabic?

The linguistic and socio-historical realities behind the millennia-old dichotomous concept of nomadic and sedentary people in the Middle East and North Africa