Undersyksaginda Fryske Akademy 2023-2027: projekt Taal en meartaligens
Taalportaal
(Language Portal)
Titel: Taalportaal
Undersykstema: Taal en meartaligens
Start: 2015
Koördinaasje Fryske Akademy: Anne Merkuur
Partners: Meertens Instituut (NL), Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans (ZA), LUCL - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (NL), Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal (NL), Taalunie (NL), KNAW (NL).
Finansiering:
Nederlânsk: NWO
Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaans Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging, Noordwes-Universiteit, Dagbreek Trust
Saterland Frisian: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Oldenburgischen Landschaft, Gemeinde Saterland, Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat, Seeltersk-Kontoor, Fryske Akademy
Projektwebsite: Taalportaal
Kontakt: Anne Merkuur
Projektomskriuwing
Taalportaal (or Language Portal) is an interactive knowledge base about Dutch, (Sater)Frisian and Afrikaans. It provides access to a comprehensive and authoritative scientific grammar for these languages. Up to now there has been no comprehensive scientifically-based description of the grammars of Dutch, Frisian and Afrikaans. This is a serious shortcoming, considering that
- language is seen as an important part of cultural identity and cultural heritage
- a large number of people learn these languages as a second language
- educated speakers frequently lack grammatical knowledge of their native language
- Dutch and Afrikaans an important object of study in linguistic theory and related fields of research
Taalportaal fills this gap by providing a thorough description of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the three languages.
The aim of Taalportaal is to collect existing information about the grammars of Dutch, Frisian and Afrikaans and to make it available through the internet in a way which is both accessible and scientifically viable. Such a language portal is unique in the world. Three core domains traditionally distinguished in linguistics – phonology, morphology and syntax – have been integrated into one portal using extensive cross referencing to ensure optimal linking. This offers interesting opportunities for linguists to discover relations and connections between linguistic phenomena that have remained hidden until now. Taalportaal is, however, equally important to people dealing with language and grammar in a more practical way, such as teachers, language advisors and authors developing teaching materials.
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