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21 - Researcher training and capacity development in language documentation

from Part IV - Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Peter K. Austin
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Julia Sallabank
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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This chapter discusses the specific and general skills which are taught in language documentation training courses. It attempts to identify the major types of likely target audience, The chapter outlines the main approaches to training in language documentation up to the present day, from graduate courses to short workshops and summer schools. When discussing training it is necessary to determine who it actually is that is being trained, who is in fact a language documenter. The chapter discusses training programmes in language documentation and conservation (LDC) which lead to a recognized postgraduate degree. It looks at short courses and training programmes generally aimed at academic linguists but sometimes also including native speaker language activists. The chapter ends by looking to the future, with some observations and proposals based on experience and feedback from both trainers and trainees on various courses.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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