<html><head>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
#ygrp-mkp{
border: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
font-family: Arial;
margin: 14px 0px;
padding: 0px 14px;
}
#ygrp-mkp hr{
border: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
}
#ygrp-mkp #hd{
color: #628c2a;
font-size: 85%;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 122%;
margin: 10px 0px;
}
#ygrp-mkp #ads{
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#ygrp-mkp .ad{
padding: 0 0;
}
#ygrp-mkp .ad a{
color: #0000ff;
text-decoration: none;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
Taanshi kihtwaam.... (Hello again!)<br><br>I should have been clearer in my earlier post about online dictionaries for minorities languages. I am interested in online dictionaries for endangered languages--especially those that are good examples of "best practices". <br>
<br>Kihchi-maarsi! Thanks very much!<br><br>Eekoshi. That's it.<br>Heather<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Mike Maxwell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maxwell@ldc.upenn.edu">maxwell@ldc.upenn.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<div style="width: 655px;">
<div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt 25px 0pt 0pt; width: 470px; float: left;">
<div>
<p>kozmikcallie wrote:<br>
> ... I'm very interested in working as a lexicographer but I</p><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> have no idea how to get started. It helps that I live in the same city<br>
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d">
Ronald Moe wrote:<br>
> The best background for a lexicographer is a degree in linguistics. You <br>
> would need a good all-round program with courses in phonetics, <br>
> phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse grammar, socio-linguistics, <br>
> historical linguistics, and semantics. <br>
<br></div>
I would mostly defer to Ron, who knows a lot more about lexicography <br>
than I ever will. However, I would also say that a lot depends on what <br>
kind of lexicography you want to do, for what purpose, and in what <br>
languages. If you want to work on English for popular dictionaries, for <br>
example, that's one thing (and, I would think, a pretty filled-up <br>
field). If you want to work on literate languages which are spoken by <br>
sizable minorities in certain countries, such as Catalan in Europe or <br>
perhaps Telegu in India, then that's a different question. Or if you <br>
want to work on endangered languages, or lexicography for computational <br>
purposes, those are still different.<br>
<br>
General linguistics is probably a good start for any of these (along <br>
with computational linguistics), but the emphasis within linguistics <br>
would--I think--vary widely.<br>
<br>
Mike Maxwell<br>
</div>
<span width="1" style="color: white;"></span>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br>
<span width="1" style="color: white;"/>__._,_.___</span>
<!-- Start Recommendations -->
<!-- End Recommendations -->
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<img src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=11682781/grpspId=1709195911/msgId=4808/stime=1232477596" width="1" height="1"> <br>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<br>
<div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 77%; border-top: 1px solid #666; padding: 5px 0;" >
Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional <br>
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lexicographylist/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJncWdub2FvBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzExNjgyNzgxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwOTE5NTkxMQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMjMyNDc3NTk2">Change settings via the Web</a> (Yahoo! ID required) <br>
Change settings via email: <a href="mailto:lexicographylist-digest@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email Delivery: Digest">Switch delivery to Daily Digest</a> | <a href = "mailto:lexicographylist-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change Delivery Format: Fully Featured">Switch to Fully Featured</a> <br>
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lexicographylist;_ylc=X3oDMTJldWxxZGNoBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzExNjgyNzgxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwOTE5NTkxMQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNocGYEc3RpbWUDMTIzMjQ3NzU5Ng--">
Visit Your Group
</a> |
<a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">
Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use
</a> |
<a href="mailto:lexicographylist-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe">
Unsubscribe
</a>
<br>
</div>
<br>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<span style="color: white;"/>__,_._,___</span>
</body></html>