24.1263, Media: Technology Saves Endangered Languages

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-1263. Wed Mar 13 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.1263, Media: Technology Saves Endangered Languages

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:31:51
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Technology Saves Endangered Languages

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http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=24-1263.html&submissionid=9500277&topicid=21&msgnumber=1
 Stephen Bird describes his journey to the Brazilian Amazon and Papua New Guinea to record the last few speakers of Usarufa and Tembé. He has an optimistic outlook on the use of emergent technology in the field of language documentation.

Read more: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-cyberlinguistics-world-voices.html
 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation



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