Arabic-L:LING:Needs info on Berber corpus

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Date:  30 Oct 2002
From: Amina Mettouchi <amina.mettouchi at free.fr> reposted from Corpora
Subject:Needs info on Berber corpus

Dear Colleagues,

I need scientific and technical advice to put together a corpus of  
Berber (Afroasiatic).
I am currently coordinating the project, which is to be launched by the  
INALCO (Langues'O) in Paris. A workshop is scheduled on Friday 6  
December, in order to reflect on all aspects of the entreprise.
The main facts about this project are described below. If you can  
provide advice on any aspect, please do. I would be very happy to  
benefit from your experience.

Berber languages are mostly spoken (some of them have just recently  
started to be written).
It is currently impossible to have access to Berber corpora other than  
by recording one’s own material, or asking fellow-researchers for their  
tapes or transcripts. The aim of this project is to constitute a  
unified database/textbase accessible to researchers working on Berber.
The project involves cooperation among researchers working on Berber,  
since the base will consist in transcripts of actual interactions  
provided by researchers (together with interlinear glosses, a  
translation, and audiotapes/videotapes).
We have already selected appropriate transcription symbols, but are  
still discussing norms for the collection of data (wordprocessor,  
recording standards for prosodic treatment, basic and unified  
information on speakers, recording conditions, archivation system,  
access...). Emphasis is on the variety of genres, of dialects, of  
speakers. Special attention will be devoted to conversational corpora,  
as well as culture-specific interactions.
We are not planning to tag or parse the corpus right away, but if we  
can proceed in a way that will allow this in future, it would be nice.

Thank you for your help,

Best wishes

Amina

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