Ex-situ Documentation of Ethnobiology
| dc.contributor.author | Lahe-Deklin, Francesca | |
| dc.contributor.author | Si, Aung | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-13T23:44:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-13T23:44:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Migrant speakers of endangered languages living in urban centers in developed countries represent a valuable resource through which these languages may be conveniently documented. Here, we first present a general methodology by which linguists can compile a meaningful set of visual (and sometimes audio) stimuli with which to carry out a reasonably detailed ethnobiological elicitation session in an ‘ex-situ’ setting, such as an urban university. We then showcase some preliminary results of such an elicitation carried out on the Dumo, or Vanimo, language of north-western Papua New Guinea during a linguistic field methods course at the Australian National University. With the help of a region-specific set of visual stimuli obtained from various sources, it was possible to document many fascinating aspects of the fish, and other marine-biological, knowledge of Dumo speakers, along with detailed ethnographic notes on the cultural significance of marine creatures. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Foreign Language Resource Center | |
| dc.format.extent | 22 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lahe-Deklin, Francesca and Aung Si. 2014. Ex-situ Documentation of Ethnobiology. Language Documentation & Conservation 8, 788-809 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1934-5275 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24626 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawaii Press | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ | |
| dc.subject | ethnobiology | |
| dc.subject | language documentation | |
| dc.subject | Papua New Guinea | |
| dc.subject | ex-situ documentation | |
| dc.title | Ex-situ Documentation of Ethnobiology | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| prism.endingpage | 809 | |
| prism.publicationname | Language Documentation & Conservation | |
| prism.startingpage | 788 | |
| prism.volume | 8 |