Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Working with last speakers
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| Author: | Daniel Hansen | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Language Documentation
Sociolinguistics Anthropological Linguistics |
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| Query: |
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 |
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| LL Issue: | 23.727 | |
| Date posted: | 13-Feb-2012 | |
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