Swiss German Corpora
Listed below, you will find information about corpora with recordings in various Swiss German dialects. Each depositum has an accompanying PDF file containing a brief overview of the content as well as a list of audio recordings, which is linked to the PAZ ID. The PDF file is currently available only in German. We are happy to answer your questions via our contact form.
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Appenzell dialects (Depositum Nänny) [PAZ:ar7300] |
| Recordings of political and cultural events (Depositum Schwarzenbach) [PAZ:ar7010] Language: Swiss German Period: 1980s Description: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schwarzenbach's collection of 131 audio carriers contains recordings of political debates and cultural events that he compiled for his publication "Öffentliche Reden in der deutschen Schweiz der Gegenwart. Einführung in eine Sammlung sprachwissenschaftlicher Tonaufnahmen und Beiträge zu ihrer Auswertung" (Public Speeches in Contemporary German-speaking Switzerland. Introduction to a Collection of Linguistic Audio Recordings and Contributions to their Evaluation) (1987). More than half of the recordings have been digitised. |
| Recordings of the Chur dialect (Depositum Buchenel) [PAZ:ar7056] Language: Swiss German (GR) Period: 2003 - 2004 Description: The recordings of the Chur dialect were made by Françoise Buchenel as part of a seminar paper at the University of Zurich. Both recordings are available in digital format. |
| Depositum Rohrer [PAZ:ar7200] Language: Swiss Standard German Period: 1950s and 1960s Description: Dr. Carl Rohrer's collection consists of five audio tapes with recorded radio broadcasts and extensive transcriptions, which were analysed for the publication "Der Konjunktiv im gesprochenen Schweizer Hochdeutschen: Analyse von Radiogesprächen" (The subjunctive in spoken Swiss High German: Analysis of radio conversations) (1973). The audio tapes and transcriptions have not yet been digitised. This will be done at the earliest opportunity. |
| Depositum Schmid [PAZ:ar7090] Language: Swiss German (ZH, SO), Italian Period: 1998 - 2006 Description: Prof. Dr. Schmid's collection consists of four different projects: (1) Recordings of children's speech in Hinteregg, (2) Recordings for a study on jitter and shimmer in the voice, (3) Recordings of Solothurn dialects, and (4) Recordings in German and Italian as part of a study on labiodental consonants in Swiss German. All 10 recordings have been digitised. |
| Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (DRG) [PAZ:ar7180] Language: Rhaeto-Romanic, Swiss German (GR) Period: 1961 and 1972 Description: Four audio recordings contain recordings on the topics of tannery and the manufacture of so-called "Schwardächer" - a traditional way to build roof in Switzerland. All audio recordings have been digitised. |
| European and non-European languages (Depositum Surbeck) [PAZ:ar7230] Language: Swiss German, various languages Period: unknown Description: Peter Surbeck's collection contains recordings of various dialects and a comparative text recorded in 26 European and non-European languages. The collection was deposited with the Phonogram Archives in 2014 and is available in digital form. |
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Fricktal dialects (Depositum Meng) [PAZ:ar7020] |
| Youth language corpus Language: Swiss German Period: 2006 - 2007 Description: The corpus consists of approximately 120 hours of audio recordings, of which 54.5 hours have been transcribed in Word format. The data comes from the SNF project "Jugendsprache in der Deutschweiz" (Youth Language in German-speaking Switzerland) by Prof. Dr. Erika Werlen, Dr. Esther Galliker and Dr. Fabienne Tissot (ZHAW) and is also available in the BAS Repository. |
| Legal debate about land improvement (Depositum Graf) [PAZ:ar7050] Language: Swiss German (TG) Period: 1986 Description: The compact cassette contains a recording of a debate on a piece of legislation at the "Meliorationsamt Thurgau" (Land Improvement Department of the canton of Thurgau). The audio recording has been digitised. |
| Dialect of Diepoldsau (Depositum Thurnherr) [PAZ:ar7030] Language: Swiss German (SG) Period: 1980s Description: Berta Thurnherr and Maria Schmid recorded the Diepoldsau dialect on 46 audio tapes with the goal of documenting the unique dialect and history of the village. All audio recordings have been digitised. |
| Dialect of Bivio (Depositum Kristol) [PAZ:ar7040] Language: Swiss German (GR) Period: 1979 - 1980 Description: For his publication "Sprachkontakt und Mehrsprachigkeit in Bivio Graubünden. Linguistische Bestandesaufnahme in einer siebensprachigen Dorfgemeinschaft." (Language Contact and Multilingualism in Bivio Graubünden. Linguistic Inventory in a Seven-Language Village Community) (1984), Prof. Dr. Andres Max Kristol recorded 22 audio cassettes featuring the dialects of Bivio. |
| Corpus Stäger Language: Swiss German Period: 1940s - 1970s Description: The collection consists of 43 tapes containing programmes by Robert Stäger that were broadcast on Radio DRS. The digitisation of the audio tapes has been mostly completed. |
| Nidwalden legends (Depositum Bacher) [PAZ:ar7310] Language: Swiss German (NW) Period: 2006 Description: In 2006, Mike Bacher recorded 14 DAT cassettes featuring various narrators recounting legends from Niedwaldner. These have all been digitised. |
| PAZTeK (Phonogrammarchiv Zürich: Text-Korpus) Language: Swiss German, Lombard Period: 1909 - 1996 Description: The project includes retro-digitised versions of all text publications from the Phonogram Archives. The scope comprises approximately 33 hours of audio recordings with partly phonetic and partly orthographic transcriptions, which are aligned at sentence level. |
| Swiss German in Bluffton (USA) [PAZ:ar7290] Language: Swiss German (USA) Period: 1964 Description: The corpus consists of four audio tapes with dialect recordings from Swiss communities in Ohio, USA. These have been digitised. |
| South Walser dialect recordings (Depositum Waibel) [PAZ:ar7080] Language: South Walser dialect Period: 1973 - 1980 Description: For his dissertation "Die volkstümliche Überlieferung in der Walserkolonie Macugaga" (Folk Traditions in the Walser Colony of Macugaga) (1985), Max Waibel recorded South Walser recordings in Gressoney, Formazza, Alagna, Issime, Rima, Rimella and Saley. These are stored in MP3 format on a CD-ROM, which have been digitised. |
| Recordings of the Thurgau dialect (Depositum Hofstetter) [PAZ:ar7055] Language: Swiss German (TG) Period: 2004 Description: The recordings of the Thurgau dialect were made by Simone Hofstetter as part of a seminar paper and a licentiate thesis at the University of Zurich. All four recordings have been digitised. |
| Vals dialect (Depositum Vieli) [PAZ:ar7270] Language: Swiss German (GR) Period: 2003 Description: Claudia Vieli Oertle has recorded the Vals dialect on 20 DAT tapes. The tapes have all been digitised. |
| Valais dialects (Depositum Jordan) [PAZ:ar7280] Language: Swiss German (VS) Period: 1980s Description: Erich Jordan recorded the dialects of Simplon and Zwischenbergen on 14 DAT cassettes for his publication "Einheimische erzählen. Aus Volkstum und Überlieferung von Simpeln und Zwischenbergen" (Locals tell their stories. From the folklore and traditions of Simpeln and Zwischenbergen) (1985). All recordings have been digitised. |