L’informatica nella ricerca geolinguistica: l’esperienza siciliana

Dialectological research has been widely affected by technological advances to some extent and, as a result, by computer sciences as well. This has had an impact not only on the level of methodological renewals, but also on the level of a theoretical rethinking of the discipline itself. In light of some general considerations, the implications of information technology in dialectological research, and, in particular, in geolinguistic research, will be evaluated and discussed by taking into account the operational plan relating to a specific geo(socio)-linguistic research project, namely, the Atlante Linguistico della Sicilia (ALS).