This page contains links to sites mentioned in the book. All links open in a new window.
- (see also the software links here)
Where to start
- Ethnologue
- E-MELD
- LinguistList
- Toronto fieldwork site
- OREL
- MPI field manuals
- Typological tools for field linguists
Archives and archiving
- DELAMAN
- DOBES [+ IMDB browser (requires java)]
- Survey of Californian and Other Indian Languages
- Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Documentation Project
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- African Language Material Archive
- Alaska Native Language Center
- Archive of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
- LACITO
- Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives
- Rosetta Project
- ISO-639 language codes
Blogs
- Transient Languages and Cultures
- Anggarrgoon
- That Munanga Linguist
- Savage Minds (anthropology blog that includes regular posts on Ethnography and IRBs)
- Jabal al-Lughat
- Matjjin-nehen
- Living Languages
- (Please email me if you would like your blog added here.)
Elicitation and Vocab building
- MPI field manuals
- Typological tools for field linguists
- Pear story videos (see also Chafe’s site)
- Austronesian basic vocabulary
- Leipzig Interlinear Glossing rules
- SIL Dictionary Development Tool (see also the list for African languages)
- ESL/EFL Basic Vocabulary lists
- Lexicography and Australian languages
- Place names: If you have an internet connection, you might be able to use Google Earth for site mapping.
- A useful list of genealogical software used by anthropologists (another general list can be found here)
- World color survey (Berkeley)
- Semantic field codings for European languages
- Peter Cole’s site which has extensive lists of field questionnaires and other materials
- Education site, including flash card pictures, useful for preparing elicitation prompts
- Phil Cash Cash’s page on language teaching resources
- Carson Schutze’s paper on grammaticality judgments [PDF]
Ethics
- Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies. [PDF]
- Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans [html]
Grants
- National Science Foundation (USA);
- NSF/NEH: Documenting Endangered Languages Program
- HRELP
- AIATSIS
IPA symbol and sound samples
- Peter Ladefoged’s Vowels and Consonants clickable IPA chart.
- IPA illustrative sound files, part II of the Handbook of the IPA.
- Keyboard mapping software
- Unicode Fonts:
- HRELP’s technology page
- IPA and Unicode (John Wells)
- Alan Wood’s Unicode page
Journals
Metadata
- http://www.ahds.ac.uk/creating/information-papers/metadata/index.htm
- E-MELD ORE Metadata Editor
- DSpace
- ELDP Metadata for depositors
- IMDI metadata tools
Sample Projects
Recording best practice
- E-MELD
- Bartek Pycha, including his recommendations for field linguists.
- AIATSIS
- ELDP
Solar power
- Solar Power in the Field [2006]
- Solar Power for the Digital Fieldworker [2007]
- Powerless in the Field: A Cautionary Tale…
- Eva Lindstrøm’s solar page
(Where to go for more) Sources