The roadmap of the Project ALiB under the intersection of Linguistics and Computing: Vitality, Geolocation, and Lexical Semantic Change

Abstract

The Linguistic Atlas of Brazil Project (ALiB) opened new directions in Brazilian dialectology by adopting a multidimensional methodology and establishing an unprecedented collaboration between linguists and computer scientists. This partnership led to the creation of ALiBWeb, a third-generation system designed to provide integrated access to audio recordings, linguistic maps, and georeferenced information. The development of this technological infrastructure strengthened the interface between Linguistics and Computing, fostering the training of new researchers and the production of new projects. Despite these advances, many of the computational developments associated with ALiB remain little known within the linguistic community, highlighting the need for broader dissemination of the contributions emerging from this interdisciplinary intersection. Thus, this study aims to present a set of works developed from a Computing perspective and analyzed through the lens of ALiB, describing the paths taken and the points of interface between Linguistics and Computing. A total of three studies, focused on vitality, geolocation, and lexical semantic change, were examined, and their results are presented.