LINGUIST List 23.727 Mon Feb 13 2012 Qs: Working with last speakers Editor for this issue: Zac Smith <zaclinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Daniel Hansen , Working with last speakers Message 1: Working with last speakers Date: 08-Feb-2012 From: Daniel Hansen <daniel.hansenyale.edu> Subject: Working with last speakers E-mail this message to a friend I am a senior undergrad at Yale researching endangered languages, specifically their documentation and revitalization, and especially languages in extremely dire situations (e.g. one fluent speaker or no fluent speakers remaining). I have been following Rob Amery's work on Kaurna in Adelaide (Australia) and my project advisor, Claire Bowern, is also a specialist in Australian Aboriginal languages. Would anyone be willing to share commentary or anecdotes about working with last speakers? I'm interested in linguists' concerns about grammatical change/attrition, or unreliable data, as well as problems and questions that arise regarding ethics and intellectual property in the course of endangered language research. I would hugely appreciate any insights, however brief, into this subject. Thanks! Dan Hansen, Yale College 2012 Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics                             Language Documentation                             Sociolinguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 13-Feb-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.