Lexical Variation in the City: Using Word Embeddings to Explore Lunfardo and Italian Loanwords in Buenos Aires / Variación léxica en la ciudad: uso de word embeddings para explorar el lunfardo y los italianismos en Buenos Aires

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how lunfardo and Italian loanwords vary within the language of Buenos Aires using word embeddings.
• Utilizing word embeddings to analyze linguistic data
• Focus on lunfardo and Italian loanwords in Buenos Aires
• Examining lexical variation through quantitative analysis
• Identified distinct patterns of lexical variation in lunfardo and loanwords
• Highlighted the influence of Italian language on local vernacular
• Demonstrated the effectiveness of word embeddings in linguistic analysis