Thesaurus of endangered languages

[Paul Hoffman]

Sadly, I'm not able to pursue this project any further at this time; 
because of my instructor's misgivings, I had to choose another subject 
area for my thesaurus project.  Many thanks to those who sent 
encouragement.  I hope to revisit this idea some time in the future.

Paul.

On Feb 6, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> Do you get frustrated when using LLBA and other periodical indexes?
>
> Is the LLBA thesaurus adequate, or do you find yourselves stymied by 
> subject descriptors that are too general, stilted, or just plain 
> wrong?
>
> If so, I'd like to help.
>
> My name is Paul Hoffman and I'm finishing up a Master's degree in 
> Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston.  I'm 
> selecting a major term project this semester in which I'm hoping to 
> create a thesaurus -- a controlled vocabulary of interrrelated subject 
> terms -- relating to all the multidisciplinary facets of endangered 
> languages.
>
> It's a huge task and I'm very much looking forward to it; the only 
> trouble is, I don't really know if there's a *need* for a new 
> thesaurus -- even one that's meant to augment rather than as a 
> replacement.  If there is such a need, great!  If not, I should work 
> on something else instead -- such as, perhaps, creating a "gateway" 
> website (organized primarily by subject) for linguistics in the field 
> and for speakers, learners, and teachers of endangered languages.
>
> Any thoughts?  Unfortunately, I have to decide in the next two days.  
> :-(
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
>
> -- 
> Paul Hoffman <hoffman at simmons.edu>
>
>
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