Old High German Verbal Forms Corpus: Dialectal and Diachronic Distribution of "quedan" and Related Speech Verbs (8th-12th centuries)

This dataset contains a comprehensive corpus of Old High German (OHG) verbal forms, specifically focusing on the verb "quedan" (to say/speak) and related verba dicendi (speech verbs) from the 8th to 12th centuries. The corpus represents a systematic collection of attestations from major Old High German texts, providing valuable data for historical linguistic analysis, dialectological studies, and diachronic research. Dataset Structure:The CSV file contains 13 columns with detailed linguistic and contextual information: Token: The specific verbal form as it appears in the manuscript Dialect: Dialectal classification (alem. = Alemannic, bair. = Bavarian, rhfrk. = Rhine Franconian, etc.) Forma: Text type classification (Prosa = Prose, Vers = Verse) Area: Geographical area (obd. = Upper German, md. = Middle German, etc.) Text: Source text identification (e.g., Tatian, Notker von St.Gallen, Isidor) Topic: Thematic classification (Religion, Wissenschaft = Science, Literatur = Literature, Alltag = Daily life, Recht = Legal) Caracter: Initial character variant (q, qh, ch) Time: Century of attestation (8.0-12.0) DialectNum: Numerical dialect code CaracterNum: Numerical character variant code FormaNum: Numerical form type code TopicNum: Numerical topic code AreaNum: Numerical area code Corpus Coverage: The dataset includes attestations from major OHG texts including: Tatian (9th century Franconian Gospel harmony) Notker von St.Gallen's philosophical and scientific works (11th century) Isidor (8th century theological treatise) Monseer Fragmente (9th century Bavarian Gospel fragments) Benedictine Rule translations Various hymns, legal documents, and literary texts Research Applications:This corpus enables quantitative analysis of: Dialectal variation in medieval German speech verbs Diachronic language change from 8th-12th centuries Distribution patterns across text types and topics Orthographic variation and standardization processes Sociolinguistic factors in historical German Technical Details: Format: CSV with semicolon separators Encoding: UTF-8 Total entries: [número total de filas en tu dataset] Time span: 8th-12th centuries CE Languages: Old High German varieties