How to find and work with a linguist
Channel: Yale Linguistics
Date: 2021-09-17

All about how to find and work with a linguist. Includes a list of language projects and tasks that linguists are trained to support. Created by the Yale Linguistics Fieldwork Group.

Some linguists work with language communities to document language, create language materials, and more. There are many textbooks aimed at linguists which explain how to work with communities. This series of videos is aimed at the language communities and discusses some of the aspects of working with a linguist. Entire playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAHGM3bDMsn-P1D-4Ank0n_a5vynlngxU

Created by the Yale Linguistics Fieldwork Group @ https://ling.yale.edu/

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00:29 Intro
01:18 What do linguists do?
02:04 Recording audio and video
02:38 Conducting research
02:53 Developing teaching materials
03:23 Creating a writing system
03:46 Securing funding
04:24 Archiving language materials
05:41 Summary: What do linguists do?
05:56 Getting in touch with a linguist
06:36 Contact a professor to help find the right resources
06:58 Conclusion

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LANGUAGE PROJECTS AND RESOURCES HIGHLIGHTED IN THE VIDEO

00:13 Rembarrnga language project
Location: Ngukurr, Northern Territory, Australia
Linguist: Joshua Phillips (Yale University, Graduate Student)
Photo credit: Ngukurr Language Centre

00:22 Roon language project
Speaker: Jim Betay
Location: Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia
Linguist: Emily A. Gasser (Swarthmore College)
Photo credit: David Gil

00:26 Noongar Boodjar language project
Linguists pictured: Claire Bowern, Akshay Aitha, Lydia Ding (not pictured: Sarah Mihuc)
Location: "Grammar Bootcamp" at Yale in 2017, working remotely with the Noongar Boodjar Language and Culture Centre

02:03 Kiowa language project
Speaker: Dorothy Whitehorse Delaune
Linguist: Andrew McKenzie (University of Kansas)

03:15 N̓syilxčn̓ language project
Speaker, teacher, and linguist: Michele K. Johnson
Location: Syilx Language House (http://www.thelanguagehouse.ca/) in West Kelowna, BC, Canada

03:39 N̓syilxčn̓ language project
Pictured: N̓syilxčn̓ teachers and learners
Location: Syilx Language House (http://www.thelanguagehouse.ca/) in West Kelowna, BC, Canada

03:58 Endangered Language Fund (ELF; http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/)

05:11 Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC; https://www.paradisec.org.au/)

06:20 Yale Linguistics Department (https://ling.yale.edu/)

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VIDEO CREDITS

Copyright: The Yale Linguistics Fieldwork Group.
Organizer: Natalie Weber
Actors: Natalie Weber, Claire Bowern, Slater Smith, Marisha Evans, Sarah Babinski, Roslyn Burns (by order of appearance)
Collaborators: Sarah Babinski, Claire Bowern, Roslyn Burns, Marisha Evans, Jeremy Johns, Juhyae Kim, Chelsea Sanker, Slater Smith, Natalie Weber (by alphabetical order)
Producer: Poorvu Center at Yale. Special thanks to Jack Neiswanger, Belinda Platt, and Sara Epperson.