Documenting Endangered Languages Trends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs 240 Editor Volker Gast Founding Editor Werner Winter Editorial Board Walter Bisang Hans Henrich Hock Heiko Narrog Matthias Schlesewsky Niina Ning Zhang Editor responsible for this volume Volker Gast De Gruyter Mouton Documenting Endangered Languages Achievements and Perspectives Edited by Geoffrey L. J. Haig Nicole Nau Stefan Schnell Claudia Wegener De Gruyter Mouton ISBN 978-3-11-026001-4 e-ISBN 978-3-11-026002-1 ISSN 1861-4302 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Documentingendangeredlanguages:achievementsandperspectives/ editedbyGeoffreyHaig...[etal.]. p.cm.(cid:2)(Trendsinlinguistics:studiesandmonographs;240) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-3-11-026001-4(alk.paper) 1. Language obsolescence. 2. Language and languages. I. Haig, Geoffrey. P40.5.L33D63 2011 410(cid:2)dc23 2011030746 BibliographicinformationpublishedbytheDeutscheNationalbibliothek TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie; detailedbibliographicdataareavailableintheInternetathttp://dnb.d-nb.de. ”2011WalterdeGruyterGmbH&Co.KG,Berlin/Boston Printing:Hubert&Co.GmbH&Co.KG,Göttingen (cid:3)Printedonacid-freepaper PrintedinGermany. www.degruyter.com ThisvolumeisdedicatedtoUlrikeMosel, inrecognitionofhercontributiontowardsdocumenting theworld’sendangeredlanguages. Contents Preface UlrikeMosel’scontributiontodocumentarylinguistics............... xi GeoffreyHaigandNicoleNau Chapter1 Introduction..................................................... 1 GeoffreyHaig,NicoleNau,StefanSchnellandClaudiaWegener PartI.Theoreticalissuesinlanguagedocumentation Chapter2 Competingmotivationsfordocumentingendangeredlanguages....... 17 FrankSeifart Chapter3 Evolvingchallengesinarchivinganddatainfrastructures............. 33 DaanBroeder,HanSloetjes,PaulTrilsbeek,DietervanUytvanck, MenzoWindhouwerandPeterWittenburg Chapter4 Comparingcorporafromendangeredlanguageprojects: Explorationsinlanguagetypologybasedonoriginaltexts............ 55 GeoffreyHaig,StefanSchnellandClaudiaWegener PartII.Documentinglanguagestructure Chapter5 “Words”inKharia–Phonological,morpho-syntactic,and “orthographical”aspects.......................................... 89 JohnPeterson viii Contents Chapter6 AspectinForestEnetsandotherSiberianindigenouslanguages– whengrammaticographyandlexicographymeetdifferent metalanguages................................................... 121 FlorianSiegl Chapter7 Documentarylinguisticsandprosodicevidenceforthesyntaxof spokenlanguage................................................. 151 CandideSimardandEvaSchultze-Berndt Chapter8 Diphthongologymeetslanguagedocumentation: TheFinnishexperience........................................... 177 KlausGeyer Chapter9 Retellingdata:Workingontranscription............................ 201 DagmarJungandNikolausP.Himmelmann PartIII.Documentingthelexicon Chapter10 Themakingofamultimediaencyclopaediclexiconforandin endangeredspeechcommunities................................... 223 GabyCablitz Chapter11 Whatdoesittaketomakeanethnographicdictionary?Onthe treatmentoffishandtreenamesindictionariesofOceaniclanguages.. 263 AndrewPawley PartIV.Interactionwithspeechcommunities Chapter12 Languageispower:Theimpactoffieldworkoncommunitypolitics... 291 EvenHovdhaugenandA˚shildNæss Contents ix Chapter13 SustainingVure¨s:Makingproductsoflanguagedocumentation accessibletomultipleaudiences................................... 305 CatrionaHyslopMalau Chapter14 Filmingwithnativespeakercommentary........................... 321 AnnaMargetts Index ........................................................... 339