systematic linguistic analysis of Swiss surnames according to form variants, naming motifs, recent and historical spatial images; digital open-access publication
specialist audiences from linguistics and other disciplines (history of Switzerland; social, economic, settlement history; human geography, cultural anthropology, migration research, genetics)
Swiss National Science Foundation (project funding)
4 years (2022-2026)
Prof. Dr. Luise Kempf
5 researchers, 3 IT specialists, 3 student assistants – see Team
Schweizerisches Idiotikon
Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande
Vocabolario dei dialetti della Svizzera italiana
Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun
Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (DFD)
Historical Institute of the University of Bern: Prof. Dr. André Holenstein, Prof. Dr. Joachim Eibach