Language Documentation¶
Target competencyCan teach tools to document both living and endangered languages. Can identify quality audio and video recordings, teach best practices, and edit or clean up these files.
Why it matters¶
Language Documentation is a wide field focused on collecting a corpus of linguistic material in many media. A Language Technologist choosing this competency will need to facilitate appropriate quality of recording, as well as guide users through the tools used in the transcription process.
Progression¶
Each rung is a level a learner is at; its activities are what carries them to the next one. How to read these levels
General¶
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0No Competency
Understand the concepts and practice of language documentationCarries a learner to 1 — Has Knowledge
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1Has Knowledge
Collect your own data and recordings using a language documentation toolCarries a learner to 2 — With Assistance
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2With Assistance
Use a language documentation tool in a language documentation collection to analyze, tag, transcribe, and archive data.Carries a learner to 3 — Independent
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3Independent
Teach others to use a language documentation toolCarries a learner to 4 — Expert
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4Expert
Research the latest developments in language documentationTop of the ladder
Description¶
Knowledge of the tools to document both living and endangered languages.
Further Information¶
- Language Documentation & ConservationSite · nflrc.hawaii.eduHome of Language Documentation & Conservation, a peer-reviewed open-access journal on documenting and conserving languages.
- SIL Language DocumentationSite · sil.orgSIL overview page on its language documentation work and approach.
- Wikipedia Language DocumentationSite · en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia overview of language documentation, the linguistics subfield that records the grammar and use of languages.
- SayMoreSite · software.sil.orgHome of SayMore, SIL software for managing language documentation sessions: recording, file conversion and annotation.
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