Methods in Language Documentation and Description: A Guide to the Kelabit Documentation Project

Hemmings, Charlotte

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“…3 Consequently, we argue that alignment shift results from the reanalysis of the antipassive as the functionally unmarked transitive construction. 2 In particular, the languages of Northern Sarawak are under-documented and the earliest syntactic records date from the 1950s (see Hemmings 2020). 3 The classification of dialects as more conservative or more innovative in this paper is based on our analysis of the literature and made exclusively in relation to the functional properties of ergative and antipassive constructions (but see also Dresher &Johns 1996: 114 andDorais 2003: 33 for a similar division of Inuktitut based on phonological features).…”

Section: B<um>ili Ang=babae Ng=isdamentioning

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Alignment shift as functional markedness reversal

Janic

Hemmings

2021

JHL

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In this paper, we propose treating alignment shift as a process of functional markedness reversal in the domain of semantically transitive constructions. We illustrate how this approach allows us to capture similarities between the alignment shifts in Eskimo-Aleut and Western Austronesian languages, despite morphosyntactic differences in their voice systems. Using three diagnostics of functional markedness (semantic transitivity, topic continuity of P, and discourse frequency), we compare antipassive and ergative constructions in Eskimo-Aleut varieties and actor voice (av) and undergoer voice (uv) constructions in Western Austronesian varieties. We argue that ergative alignment is equivalent to a functionally unmarked P-prominent construction (e.g., ergative, uv), whilst accusative alignment is equivalent to a functionally unmarked A-prominent construction (e.g., antipassive, av). On this basis, we claim that both language groups are undergoing a parallel shift from ergative to accusative, since A-prominent constructions are functionally marked in more conservative varieties, but lose their functionally marked character and begin to function as unmarked transitive constructions in more innovative varieties.

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Section: B<um>ili Ang=babae Ng=isdamentioning

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Alignment shift as functional markedness reversal

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Hemmings

2021

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“…This reflexive exercise proposed by Olmos-Vega et al (2023) offers an insight into "decisions and dynamics that were most impactful in the research process" by looking at various dimensions such as personal, interpersonal, methodological, and contextual aspects of qualitative research (p. 247). Similar forms of review focusing methodology are those by Hemmings (2020) and Suppiah and Kaur (2018). The former is a detailed discussion of the effectiveness of the methods used in language documentation and description for the Kelabit language in Sarawak, while the latter discusses the methodological challenges involved in collecting data from transnational sex workers in Malaysia respectively.…”

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Prosodic Marking of New and Given Information in English and Mandarin by Chinese Speakers

Jiang

2023

JML

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Female circumcision is a relatively understudied topic in the Malaysian context. It is also a topic that is considered sensitive due to its strong association with culture and religion. This paper explores the challenges and lessons learned from a larger project that focuses on the discourse analysis of female circumcision in Malaysia. The project involves collaborative work with a local NGO that works on the advancement of Muslim women’s rights in Malaysia. This paper outlines the processes involved in data collection via focus group discussions and is written as a reflexive exercise based on the recommendations proposed by Olmos-Vega et al. (2023). This reflexive paper on the methodological challenges and lessons learned from the collaboration offers insights that can help other researchers make a more informed research choices on working on collaborative research and on the use of focus groups as a method of data collection.

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“…The second type is the corpus overview article, discussed in more detail above in §3, both in the abstract and via a discussion of Salffner 2015 and Caballero 2017. Other examples of this genre, covering sign and spoken languages worldwide, include Schembri et al 2013, Gawne 2018, Hildebrandt et al 2019, and Hemmings 2020 These illustrate what such papers should look like, if submitted to the section.…”

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A framework for Language Revitalization and Documentation

Fitzgerald¹

2021

Language

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As a journal, Language has a substantial history of publishing articles about areas of linguistics now commonly identified as language documentation, revitalization, and reclamation. The significance of this vein of research is exemplified by the collection of articles published by Ken Hale and colleagues in this journal in 1992 (Hale et al. 1992). These articles present themselves as case studies of language revitalization, outlining arguments for the importance of linguistic training and assessing language vitality and diversity, all with more relevance than ever nearly three decades later. Language Revitalization and Documentation, a new section of the journal, will build upon the base of knowledge as a venue for peer-reviewed research articles in language revitalization and documentation. As the inaugural associate editor for this journal section, I outline a framework for the section as a starting point for submissions.

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Methods in Language Documentation and Description: A Guide to the Kelabit Documentation Project

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Alignment shift as functional markedness reversal

Alignment shift as functional markedness reversal

Prosodic Marking of New and Given Information in English and Mandarin by Chinese Speakers

A framework for Language Revitalization and Documentation

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