Triangulation Approach for Modelling Convergence with a high zoom-in Factor (TriMCo)

TriMCo项目旨在揭示导致语言趋同区域兴起的多因素机制。TriMCo的新想法在于系统地整合了几种方法来描绘一个小区域，该区域以两种类型学和系谱学上相似的语言群体之间的方言密切而持久的联系而闻名。为此目的，将主要以连贯的口头话语为基础，采用类型学、区域和接触语言学、历史-比较语言学和方言地理学的工具和成果，以及统计方法（多变量分析、无根树）。这种整合需要足够细粒度的语言分析水平和足够小的具有充分证明的收敛现象的区域。为此目的，我们选择了波罗的海-斯拉夫接触区（波罗的海-斯拉夫接触区），并将试图全面了解属于不同结构层次的12个代表性特征的形成所涉及的机制和触发因素。这些特性将从面向类型和面向令牌的角度进行分析。先前的研究表明，至少有以下三个因素相互作用：(i)普遍原则；（ii）区域邻里效应（因此，接触）；（iii）家谱相似性。我们将对这三个因素进行三角测量，即确定它们之间的相互作用和相对权重。将详细分析BSCZ的斯拉夫和波罗的海品种及其邻近地区的斯拉夫和芬兰品种的变异。为了识别特定特征（以及整个轮廓）包含在更大的曲线中，我们计划在更大的周边地区和方言连续性的背景下突出BSCZ的特点。

The TriMCo project aims to uncover the multi-factorial mechanisms leading to the rise of zones of linguistic convergence. The novel idea of TriMCo rests in the systematic integration of several approaches to profile a small region known for its intensive and long-lasting contacts between dialects of two typologically and genealogically similar language groups. For this purpose tools and achievements of typology, areal and contact linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics and dialect geography will be employed, together with statistical methods (multivariate analyses, unrooted trees), mainly on the basis of coherent oral discourse. This integration requires a sufficiently fine-grained level of linguistic analysis and a small enough area with well-attested phenomena of convergence. For this purpose we have chosen the Baltic-Slavic Contact Zone (BSCZ) and will attempt to establish a comprehensive picture of the mechanisms and triggers involved in the rise of 12 representative features belonging to different structural levels. These features will be analyzed both from a type- and a token-oriented perspective. Previous research has demonstrated that at least the following three factors interact: (i) universal principles, (ii) areal neighborhood effects (thus, contact), (iii) genealogical similarity. We will triangulate these three factors, i.e. establish their interplay and relative weight in comparison to one another. Variation within Slavic and Baltic varieties of the BSCZ and of Slavic and Finnic varieties in its immediate neighborhood will be analyzed in detail. In order to recognize the inclusion of particular features (and of the entire profile) into larger clines, we plan to highlight the peculiarities of the BSCZ against the background of larger, surrounding areas and of dialect continua.