[Lexicog] Fw: Call for Participation: Siouan Dictionaries Roundtable

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From: "Carolyn Quintero" <cqcqcq1 at earthlink.net>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:27 PM
Subject: RE: Call for Participation: Siouan Dictionaries Roundtable


> Catherine,
> I would be happy to participate in this roundtable. As some of you know, 
> I'm
> just finishing up an Osage Dictionary, to be published soon.
> Thanks,
> Carolyn
>
> Carolyn Quintero, PhD
> Inter Lingua, Inc.
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> [mailto:owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of Catherine Rudin
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:15 PM
> To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
> Subject: Call for Participation: Siouan Dictionaries Roundtable
>
> Call for Participation:  Siouan Dictionaries Roundtable
> Siouan and Caddoan Conference
> Joplin, MO, June 20-21 2008
>
> This year's Siouan and Caddoan Conference will include a roundtable
> session on making dictionaries of Siouan languages:  pitfalls,
> successful practices, projects in progress, helpful hints, deeper issues
> of purpose and philosophy.
>
> Your participation in this session is invited on two levels:
>
> (1) If you would like an official spot on the program to give a brief
> presentation on your own dictionary project, please get in touch with me
> as soon as possible.
> Catherine Rudin:  carudin1(at)wsc.edu
> As of now there are two presentations scheduled, one on the recently
> completed Hocank dictionary (Iren Hartmann) and one on the newly-funded,
> about-to-begin Omaha and Ponca dictionary (Mark Awkuni-Swetland,
> Catherine Rudin, Rory Larson).  We'd welcome additional presentations.
> Description/demonstration of any Siouan-language dictionary or
> dictionary project, at any stage of completion, would be appropriate.
> Depending on interest we'll adjust the time per project and if necessary
> split into a couple of sessions.
>
> (2) We are counting on lots of audience participation - the main point
> of the panel, at least from my perspective, is to pick the collective
> brain of the Siouan linguistic community, so those of us just embarking
> on dictionary projects can benefit from all the expertise out there.
> Calling it a "roundtable" is meant to suggest dialogue rather than
> lectures.  To this end it would be great if everyone would think about
> issues involved in constructing a dictionary beforehand and bring in
> ideas, questions, answers, examples to show.  We might even try to come
> up with a list of issues in advance, as a kind of agenda guide for the
> open discussion portion of the session.
>
> Just to get the conversation going, here's a possible starter list.
> Feel free to add (or subtract, combine, or modify).
>
> -What information should dictionary entries include?
> -What kinds of "front matter" are useful, essential, expendable?
> (grammar sketch, pronunciation guide, frequency lists, ...)
> -Grammar issues:  how to best cover things like verb conjugation,
> allomorphy, etc.  What grammatical categories need to be labelled? Do
> roots, prefixes, suffixes get separate entries, or do only whole words
> get listed?
> -Alphabetization:  Does "ch" come after all of the "c" words, or between
> ce and ci?  (are ch, sh, th etc. "letters" for purposes of
> alphabetization?  What about long vowels?  What to do about alternative
> orthographies?
> -User-friendliness issues: what is it important to think about for
> various types of users (linguists, tribe members, language students,
> non-specialist public, etc.)
> -What makes a good example sentence?  How many should be included?
> -Cultural information?  How much to include, and how?
> -Tech issues:  what are the best software/protocols to use, and why?
> What about linking sound files, pictures, etc.?
> -Electronic vs. paper dictionaries (how do desiderata or possibilities
> for database vs. printed version vs. web-based version differ?; what
> kind of field structure is necessary in order to include all needed
> information for all three?)
> -Pitfalls to avoid.
>
> Looking forward to seeing many of you in Joplin, and to hearing your
> insights!
> Catherine
>
>
>
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