Atlas on lexical variation in Austria in the 21st century

LexAT21 documents and researches lexical Variation in contemporary German in Austria. The data was collected by means from surveys, which were distributed online since 2021 all over Austria. The surveys target different registers of the respondents (both their dialect/colloquial language use and their High German (standard German)) and focus lexical variation in spoken language.

LexAT21 offers

access to the data of the surveys
various ways of mapping the data
analyses of the data by means of map commentaries
extensive background information about the project
the possibility to document your own language use by participating (round III) in the current survey

Overview of the LexAT21 database

Localities

Finished questionnaires

Survey rounds

Phenomena

Team

Project leader and editor

Alexandra N. Lenz

Concept and technical implementation

Jakob Bal, Kilian Kukelka, Markus Pluschkovits, Marie Rohler, Daniel Schopper, Anja Wittibschlager

Authors

Amelie Dorn, Jan Höll, Wolfgang Koppensteiner, Katharina Korecky-Kröll, Claudia Mattes, Markus Pluschkovits, Rita Stiglbauer, Florian Tavernier, Anja Wittibschlager, Theresa Ziegler

Proofing

Kerstin Lorenz, Eric Schirl

Citation

LexAT21 in its entirety is to be cited as follows:

Lenz, Alexandra N. (ed.). 2025ff. LexAT21 - Atlas on lexical variation in Austria in the 21st century. Concept and development by Jakob Bal, Kilian Kukelka, Markus Pluschkovits, Marie Rohler, Daniel Schopper und Anja Wittibschlager. With participation from Amelie Dorn, Jan Höll, Katharina Korecky-Kröll, Wolfgang Koppensteiner, Claudia Mattes, Markus Pluschkovits, Rita Stiglbauer, Florian David Tavernier, Anja Wittibschlager, Theresa Ziegler, Kerstin Lorenz and Eric Schirl.