Encyclopaedic lexicography: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary
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Mary Laughren
Abstract
The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary is the outcome of a collaborative enterprise started in 1978 between Warlpiri speakers, linguists and many others who contributed their particular knowledge and skills. Its form and contents were determined to a great extent by the linguistic, historical and social context that is described in this chapter. The role of the bilingual education programs established from 1973 in Warlpiri community schools is shown to be a crucial factor while the brilliant documentation of Warlpiri language carried out by linguist Professor Ken Hale starting in 1959 provided rich and reliable data to seed the dictionary. The rationale for including encyclopaedic content, rather than limiting the dictionary to the purely linguistic (if that is even possible) and some of the presentational issues that arise especially where the languages and cultures diverge are addressed.
Abstract
The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary is the outcome of a collaborative enterprise started in 1978 between Warlpiri speakers, linguists and many others who contributed their particular knowledge and skills. Its form and contents were determined to a great extent by the linguistic, historical and social context that is described in this chapter. The role of the bilingual education programs established from 1973 in Warlpiri community schools is shown to be a crucial factor while the brilliant documentation of Warlpiri language carried out by linguist Professor Ken Hale starting in 1959 provided rich and reliable data to seed the dictionary. The rationale for including encyclopaedic content, rather than limiting the dictionary to the purely linguistic (if that is even possible) and some of the presentational issues that arise especially where the languages and cultures diverge are addressed.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents/Inhalt V
- Zur Bedeutsamkeit der Lexikographie: Europa und Australien 7
- Regarding the Significance of Lexicography: Europe and Australia 1
- Australian lexicography and the Australian story: Historical perspectives and the current scene 15
- Warum brauchen wir historische Lexikographie? 31
- Zur Berechtigung historischer Lexikographie: Fakten und Überlegungen 53
- Signed language lexicography and the Auslan dictionaries in print and online 83
- Terminology from a lexicographic perspective 115
- Online terminography for Indigenous Australians 133
- The AIATSIS Dictionaries Program: Supporting the strengthening of Australian Indigenous Languages 157
- Encyclopaedic lexicography: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary 189
- Behind the lingo – slang and the dictionary 209
- People, machines and dictionaries: Is artificial intelligence killing dictionaries? 235
- Profilex: Kognitive Leistungen des Lexikographen und die Qualität im Wörterbuchartikel 259
- Dialektwörterbücher als Wörterbücher der Zukunft 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents/Inhalt V
- Zur Bedeutsamkeit der Lexikographie: Europa und Australien 7
- Regarding the Significance of Lexicography: Europe and Australia 1
- Australian lexicography and the Australian story: Historical perspectives and the current scene 15
- Warum brauchen wir historische Lexikographie? 31
- Zur Berechtigung historischer Lexikographie: Fakten und Überlegungen 53
- Signed language lexicography and the Auslan dictionaries in print and online 83
- Terminology from a lexicographic perspective 115
- Online terminography for Indigenous Australians 133
- The AIATSIS Dictionaries Program: Supporting the strengthening of Australian Indigenous Languages 157
- Encyclopaedic lexicography: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary 189
- Behind the lingo – slang and the dictionary 209
- People, machines and dictionaries: Is artificial intelligence killing dictionaries? 235
- Profilex: Kognitive Leistungen des Lexikographen und die Qualität im Wörterbuchartikel 259
- Dialektwörterbücher als Wörterbücher der Zukunft 273
