Community collaborations: best practices for North American indigenous language documentation

This article describes a collaborative project for language documentation involving the North American indigenous languages of Mohave and Chemehuevi. We define the essential elements of field methods and of project design while proposing a basic model for collaborative community-based projects in la...

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Published in:International journal of the sociology of language 2008, Vol.2008 (191), p.187-202
Main Authors: Penfield, Susan D., Serratos, Angelina, Tucker, Benjamin V., Flores, Amelia, Harper, Gilford, Hill, Johnny, Vasquez, Nora
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Language:English
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Summary:This article describes a collaborative project for language documentation involving the North American indigenous languages of Mohave and Chemehuevi. We define the essential elements of field methods and of project design while proposing a basic model for collaborative community-based projects in language documentation. Our recommendations apply to community-based projects in North American indigenous communities; however, we anticipate that they will be extendable worldwide to others working in the field of language documentation.
ISSN:0165-2516
1613-3668
DOI:10.1515/IJSL.2008.029