| Pite Saami fieldwork tutorial |
| Winter School for Saami Language Documentation and Revitalization · Bodø, Norway · 1-12 March 2010 · 11:15-12:45 |
This tutorial is intended to give the participants the opportunity to gain experience in realistic field work situations, particularly involving Saami languages. Pite Saami will be used as a trial language. Topics covered shall include lexicography, methodology for ascertaining linguistic phenomena (phonogical, morphological and syntactic features), collecting and annotating texts, as well as practical considerations for working with speakers and technical equipment in the field. Work done in this tutorial is intended to complement skills aquired in the database session (run by C. Gerstenberger) and other technical demonstrations, particularly for creating educational materials (run by L. Antonsen). Students will be expected to complete related tasks using data gathered and methods learned in the tutorial. In preparation for the class, students are requested to download the free linguistic annotation software ELAN and the CHARIS SIL Unicode font. Other software listed below may also be of interest, as well as the bibliography. Students are also asked to bring a laptop computer and any audio and/or video recording equipment they may have to Bodø. English will be used as the lingua franca, and knowledge of Swedish or Norwegian may be useful, but not required. A tentative schedule can be found here. Contact: |
some relevant literature:
Austin, Peter K., ed. 2003-2008. Language documentation and description, volume 1-5 of Language Documentation and Description. London: SOAS, University of London. Bowern, Claire. 2008. Linguistic !eld work: A practical guide. Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan. Gippert, Jost, Ulrike Mosel, Nikolaus Himmelmann, eds. 2006. Essentials of language documentation. Trends in Linguistics / Studies and Monographs. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Gussenhoven, Carlos, and Haike Jacobs. 1998. Understanding phonology. Understanding Language Series. London: Arnold. Haspelmath, Martin. 2002. Understanding morphology. Understanding Language Series. London: Arnold. Ladefoged, Peter. 1975. A course in phonetics. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Lagercrantz, Eliel. 1926. Sprachlehre des Westlappischen nach der Mundart von Arjeplog. Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran toimituksia: LV. Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran toimituksia. Lehtiranta, Juhani. 1992. Arjeploginsaamen äänne- ja taivutusopin pääpiirteet. Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran toimituksia: 212. Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura toimituksia. Payne, Thomas E. 1997. Describing morphosyntax: A guide for field linguists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Rießler, Michael, and Joshua Wilbur. 2007. Documenting the Endangered Kola Saami Languages. In Språk og språkforhold i Sápmi, ed. Tove Bull, Jurij Kus menko, and Michael Rießler, number 10 in Berliner Beiträge zur Skandinavistik, 39-82. Berlin: Humboldt-Universität. [PDF 7MB] Sammallahti, Pekka. 1998. The Saami Languages: An Introduction. Kárášjohka: Davvi Girji. Simons, Steven Bird; Gary. 2003. Seven dimensions of portability for language documentation and description. Language 79:557-582. |
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Software:
other useful Software/downloads: Toolbox · Transcriber · Lexus · Lexique Pro · FieldWork · Imdi · Praat· Audacity · CHARIS SIL Unicode font |
some useful/interesting links:
EMELD - Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data (includes a "School of Best Practices") Essentials of Language Documentation (Gippert, Himmelmann, Mosel, eds. 2006) - the book's official website Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide (Bowern 2008) - the book's official website International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Typological tools for field linguists The Pite Saami Documentation Project The Kola Saami Documentation Project The Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project Dokumentation bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS) |
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