The Alpine region stands out in the German-speaking world for its well-preserved traditional dialects, which continue to play a significant role in daily life. However, the vast geographical range of the Alpine region and the limitations imposed by national and regional borders have hindered comprehensive investigations of the entire Alpine area. To overcome these obstacles, this study utilizes crowdsourcing data from the VerbaAlpina project to investigate phonological and morpho-phonological variation in the German-speaking Alpine region. Although the data were collected in a written form and with a focus on lexical variation, it is shown that the data contain detailed phonological information. By using multivariate dialectometric measurements (i.e. factor analysis [FA]) based on 19 (morpho-)phonological variables (comprising 8,582 tokens), the study explores the geolinguistic structures of the German dialects in the Alpine region. The results confirm, on a general level, the validity of the traditionally established dialect classification. However, the findings also reveal previously underrated border effects, in particular for Bavarian dialects along the German-Austrian border, which are argued to be the outcome of divergence processes. Hence, the study highlights the importance of cross-dialectal and cross-national perspectives in understanding dialect variation and emphasizes the value of crowdsourcing data for dialectological research.

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德语阿尔卑斯地区方言音系的地语言结构：使用众包数据的方言计量方法

阿尔卑斯地区因其保存完好的传统方言而在德语世界中脱颖而出，这些方言在日常生活中继续发挥着重要作用。然而，阿尔卑斯地区广阔的地理范围以及国家和地区边界的限制阻碍了对整个阿尔卑斯地区的全面调查。为了克服这些障碍，本研究利用 VerbaAlpina 项目的众包数据来调查德语阿尔卑斯地区的语音和形态语音变化。尽管数据是以书面形式收集的，并且重点关注词汇变化，但数据显示，数据包含详细的语音信息。通过使用基于 19 个（形态）音系变量（包含 8,582 个标记）的多元方言测量（即因子分析 [FA]），该研究探索了阿尔卑斯地区德语方言的地理语言结构。结果在总体上证实了传统建立的方言分类的有效性。然而，研究结果也揭示了之前被低估的边境效应，特别是德国-奥地利边境沿线的巴伐利亚方言，这被认为是分歧过程的结果。因此，该研究强调了跨方言和跨国视角对于理解方言变异的重要性，并强调了众包数据对于方言学研究的价值。