http://mangifera.blogsome.com Language + Linguistics = Languistics. Or something. Sun, 15 May 2005 19:58:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Language Engineering Resources for the Indigenous Minority Languages of the British Isles and Ireland Project just released a “very small corpus of transcribed Scottish Gaelic speech” available for download on the project’s website. The Language Engineering Resources for the Indigenous Minority Languages of the British Isles and Ireland Project http://mangifera.blogsome.com/2005/05/15/downloadable-scottish-gaelic-corpora/ From Engadget: A bunch of scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California are working on a way for people to talk without making a sound or opening their mouths (we know you’re secretly going to miss all those people chattering away on their cellies during movies and meals). Basically it’s ... http://mangifera.blogsome.com/2005/05/14/speak-your-mind/ According to Dr Dianne Bardsley, manager of the New Zealand Dictionary Centre at Victoria University, New Zealand At least six of every thousand words in New Zealand English are borrowed from Maori. The centre just released A Dictionary of Maori Words in New Zealand English, authored by Dr John Macalister. See the press ... http://mangifera.blogsome.com/2005/05/13/maori-and-new-zealand-english-2/ This is neat. Two masters programs with the goal of turning out Hawaiian educators. Two master’s degrees in Hawaiian Studies approved As of fall 2005, the University of Hawai`i at Manoa will be offering two new master’s degrees for graduate students in Hawaiian Language and Literature and Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific ... http://mangifera.blogsome.com/2005/05/11/new-graduate-degrees-in-hawaiian-2/ From Mithridates: A Manx Note Book has a wealth of Manx-related resources, including a number of full texts. Sadly, only the intro to Cregeen’s 1835 A Dictionary of the Manks Language is available, but surely there is something that will catch your interest here. http://mangifera.blogsome.com/2005/05/10/a-manx-note-book/ Via Anggarrgoon. Tools for Field Linguists Linguistics Fieldwork at Stanford Field work ethics Oral History Tutorials The ACLA Project http://mangifera.blogsome.com/2005/05/06/field-work-links-via-anggarrgoon/