I sondaggi, i metodi e le analisi del progetto GeoDocuM. Alla ricerca delle tendenze locali e sovralocali del latino documentale dell’Italia meridionale

The GeoDocuM project deals with the lexical variation that characterizes the ancient legal documentation written in Latin of continental southern Italy (with particular reference to the area between Campania and central-northern Puglia in a period ranging from the 8th to the 11th century), by testing a geospatial and statistical representation of the textual data. The paper focuses on the methodological issues addressed to enhance the local dimension, which is central in the setting up of the project.