All contributions will be acknowledged in this document. A sample SGML encoded document. These notes aims to provide general information for anyone wanting to use computers to help in working with Australian languages. It is aimed specifically at workers in language centres and field linguists who do not have great access to information about software. Introduction Computers let us store, change and retrieve information in a very efficient way.
Computers can also analyse information.
A brief summary of the functions of some of the software available for linguistic analysis is given on page . In these notes you will find examples of types of software and ways of using the software to take your data from fieldnotes or transcripts of tapes through to neatly presented texts, wordlists, dictionaries and databases. This information is based on the best information available in 1994, and will of course be out of date shortly. The principles involved should last longer, so keep an ear out for new machines and software that will make all of the work we talk about in these notes much easier. An overriding principle that runs through this guide is that the software discussed should not be expensive, and that the level of assumed computer knowledge is not very high.