Socio-Spatial Approaches to the Analysis of Multilingualism

Socio-Spatial Approaches to the Analysis of Multilingualism is a multidisciplinary project, part of the larger KPAAM-CAM (Key Pluridisciplinary Advances on African Multilingualism - Cameroon) project, which involves a collaboration between linguists, anthropologists, geographers, and computer scientists to make use of advances in the available tools for mapping the social and linguistic dynamics of individuals living in a rural region of Cameroon known as Lower Fungom, where the average adult speaks five different languages, many of which are endangered.

Tools:

Microsoft Excel
Google Sheets
ArcGIS
SPSS and/or R
ORA-LITE
Inkscape
Microsoft Access
PhP/MySQL/Javascript
Java
ELAN

Platform:

University at Buffalo Server

For more information, contact:
Jeff Good, Department of Linguistics
Ling Bian, Department of Geography
Jan Chomicki, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.