The Top End Linguistic Circle (TELC) is an informal association of linguists and other language workers in the ‘Top End’ of the Northern Territory of Australia. It has held a couple of meetings or workshops almost every year since it began in the 1970s. Meetings are organised by local TELC members, often scheduled to enable visitors to give presentations. Visitors doing fieldwork in the top end, or local NT linguists and language workers wanting to share, can contact topendlingcircle@gmail.com if they would like to present at TELC.
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NEXT TELC SEMINAR: Wednesday 11th September 2024
Time: 11am, Wednesday 11th September 2024
Location: Charles Darwin University, Casuarina campus, Northern Institute, Yellow 1, level 2, room 48 (the Savannah Room). Campus map.
Program
David Nathan “At the edge of lexicography: Three decades of using digital technologies to connect words and communities”
This talk is a semi-autobiographical presentation of three decades of projects using digital technologies to explore and extend the publishing possibilities for dictionaries. Rather than ephemeral imitation, my collaborative work has embraced hypertext, multimedia and digital access to deepen the meaningful connections not only between words but also between words and their communities of interest. I will demonstrate a number of projects and publications ranging from the world’s first web-based dictionary, to multimedia that has supported continuity of funeral practices, to efforts to develop a revitalisation lexicography that reflects the dynamic status of words in languages that are living again.
About the speaker: David Nathan trained in linguistics, computing, and management. As a researcher at AIATSIS in Canberra he co-authored the world’s first web dictionary, for Gamilaraay (with Peter K. Austin). He has taught computing, linguistics, cognitive science, and multimedia, with publications including the textbook Australia’s Indigenous Languages and papers on archiving, language documentation, audio, internet, and lexicography. As Director of the Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS University of London, his team developed new approaches to archiving digital language documentation and trained a generation of linguists in technologies and methods for documentary linguistics. He recently retired from his position as linguist for the Groote Eylandt Language Centre.
After the presentation there is time for networking and sharing updates about what’s happening in the language space around the Top End.
The event is open to everyone, no need to register or RSVP, no cost to attend.
Last modified 10th September 2024