[An-lang] Archiving dictionary files

[Hugh Paterson III]

Nick,

What is the difference between a dictionary and a wordlist? or put another
way, what is a dictionary?

all the best,
-Hugh

On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 7:32 PM Nick Thieberger <thien at unimelb.edu.au>
wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> PARADISEC is seeking to archive your digital files representing
> dictionaries created over the past generations. The availability of
> dictionaries in primary text files is particularly important, as it allows
> future re-use of the material without requiring laborious text recognition
> or retyping of the work.
>
> Such files can be held on restricted access, but keeping them in an
> archive will ensure that the files are findable in the future.
>
> Draft versions can also be held as safe copies with later versions added
> incrementally.
>
> PARADISEC currently holds a number of dictionaries, some examples of which
> are listed below. Some are image files that permit out of print
> dictionaries to be available more widely, and some are textual files.
> OE1-AmarasiDictionary (text)
> WS1-Namakir (text)
> TD2-KoitaEnglish (text)
> CHA1-dictionary Chamorro (text)
> ER1-dictionary Middle Wahgi Dictionary (text)
> JL2-anejom A dictionary of Anejom̃ (text)
> Kiwai Vocabulary John Harris (images only)
> JMJ1-KimDic Kimaragang Trilingual Dictionary: Kimaragang, Malay, English
> (text)
> KR1-pohnpeian Pohnpeian dictionary (images only)
> JW2-Azumeina Azumeina - English Dictionary (images only)
> NT8-TEXT Dictionary and texts in South Efate (text)
> JTJ1-dictionary Yapese dictionary (text)
> MFD1-HARDACRE_DICTIONARY Dictionary of Raga (North Pentecost) Language by
> Miss Hardacre (images only)
> AC2-VATC201 Atchin - English Dictionary (images only)
>
> (see more examples here:
> http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/items/advanced_search?data_category_ids=5&description=dictionary
> )
>
> Please contact me if you would like to deposit a copy of your dictionary
> files. There is no charge for this service.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick Thieberger
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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