Volume 01 Issue 1 : Language Documentation & Conservation
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Language Documentation & Conservation is a fully refereed, open-access journal sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center and published exclusively in electronic form by the University of Hawai’i Press.
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Item Submission Guidelines, 1(1)(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Language Documentation & ConservationItem Editorial Board, 1(1)(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Language Documentation & ConservationItem Table of Contents, 1(1)(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Language Documentation & ConservationItem Review of Kerresel a klechibelau: Tekoi er a Belau me a omesodel: Palauan language lexicon(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Gibson, Robert E.Item Review of A Grammar of South Efate: An Oceanic Language of Vanuatu(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Early, RobertItem Review of Computerized Language Analysis (CLAN)(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Meakins, FelicityItem Review of Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx)(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Butler, Lynnika; van Volkinburg, HeatherItem Review of TshwaneLex Dictionary Compilation Software(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Bowern, ClaireItem Writers’ Workshops: A Strategy for Developing Indigenous Writers(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Weber, Diana Dahlin; Wroge, Diane; Yoder, Joan BombergerThis paper discusses how writers’ workshops can be used to develop writers from indigenous language groups. It considers how such workshops fit into the greater context of a community literacy program, and describes both the practical and instructional components of workshop design. Of particular importance is the principle of teaching writing as a process. Examples from Papua New Guinea demonstrate the role writers’ workshops play in developing indigenous orthographies and materials that contribute to culturally relevant educational curricula. Finally, the merits and weaknesses of such training are discussed, and questions for further research are raised.Item Ethics and Revitalization of Dormant Languages: The Mutsun Language(University of Hawai'i Press, 2007-06-27) Warner, Natasha; Luna, Quirina; Butler, LynnikaLanguage revitalization (either increasing the use of an endangered language or bringing back a language with no speakers) brings up many ethical issues, beginning with whether it is even legitimate to attempt such revitalization. Language communities and linguists must address these issues if revitalization is to succeed in any of its goals. In this paper, we discuss the ethical issues we have encountered and the choices we have made about them during revitalization work with the Mutsun language (a dormant Costanoan language of California). We argue that language revitalization is a useful and legitimate application of linguistic knowledge.