Equipping university students to document their ancestral languages

Steven Bird; Anastasia Sai; Philip Tama; Sakarape Kamene

Equipping university students to document their ancestral languages

Steven Bird, Anastasia Sai, Philip Tama, Sakarape Kamene

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Abstract

This paper describes an experiment with “Basic Oral Language Documentation” involving students from three universities in Papua New Guinea. Students recorded, transcribed and translated a sample of oral literature from their ancestral language, using digital voice recorders. We report a variety of challenges and the methods we used to address them.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation: Strategies for Moving Forward - Honolulu, Hawai'i Duration: 11 Feb 2011 → 13 Feb 2011 Conference number: 2nd

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation
City	Honolulu, Hawai'i
Period	11/02/11 → 13/02/11

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Equipping university students to document their ancestral languages

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