A resource for lexical variation in a pluri-areal context: Introducing LexAT21, the atlas on lexical variation in Austria in the 21st century

Abstract

The following contribution introduces LexAT21, the atlas on lexical variation in Austria in the 21st century. The linguistic context of this project is briefly covered in section one, suggesting that areal and social/vertical variation is characteristic for the German language in Austria. This is then followed by a brief description of the dataset of the first two survey rounds of LexAT21 and a short sample analysis, showing the potential of the dataset for linguistic research. We then turn to integration into the CLARIN context. The contribution closes by considering the issue of representing different varieties of languages in standards.