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Aim:

systematic linguistic analysis of Swiss surnames according to form variants, naming motifs, recent and historical spatial images; digital open-access publication

Target audience:

specialist audiences from linguistics and other disciplines (history of Switzerland; social, economic, settlement history; human geography, cultural anthropology, migration research, genetics)

Funding:

Swiss National Science Foundation (project funding)

Duration:

4 years (2022-2026)

Project Lead:

Prof. Dr. Luise Kempf

Contributors:

5 researchers, 3 IT specialists, 3 student assistants – see Team