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Speaking Swiss: Languages and Venues in Foursquare

2013
Conference Papers

Abstract

Due to increasing globalization, urban societies are becoming more multicultural. The availability of large-scale digital mobility traces e.g. from tweets or checkins provides an opportunity to explore multiculturalism that until recently could only be addressed using survey-based methods. In this paper we examine a basic facet of multiculturalism through the lens of language use across multiple cities in Switzerland. Using data obtained from Foursquare over 330 days, we present a descriptive analysis of linguistic differences and similarities across five urban agglomerations in a multicultural, western European country.

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2013
Conference Papers

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/49fda6d6-9190-4afd-bda9-61f604a2443d

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