The Enggano Language Documentation and Lexicography: A Reflection
As the end-of-grant activity, the Enggano language research team will organise two events on 9-10 January 2025 (starting from 8.30 am for registration) at the Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University: (i) a seminar reflecting on the long-term research on the documentation and lexicography of Enggano and (ii) a workshop on linguistic field methods and related tools (interactive flyer and descriptive details below). FOR CATERING PURPOSE, PLEASE REGISTER HERE by 2 JANUARY 2025 (5 pm Bali time).
Another event will follow the event on Enggano Island to deliver the Enggano textbooks (elementary [PDF] and junior high [PDF] school), the learner’s printed dictionary, and the web-based/online dictionary (cf. also here).
Seminar Details
Thursday, 9 January 2025, Soekarno Room (registration from 8.30 am Central Indonesian Time, opening from 9 am; MC: Novita Mulyana, M.Hum.)
The opening ceremony includes the remarks from:
- Prof. I Wayan Arka (Enggano team representative)
- Prof. I Wayan Mulyawan (Head of the Bachelor of English Literature, whose staff members collaborate in the research)
- Prof. Ni Luh Watiniasih (Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, as part of the collaboration of Cokorda Pramartha, Ph.D. as a consultant in the research)
- I Nyoman Aryawibawa, Ph.D. (Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, who will formally open the event)
A/Prof. Bradley McDonnell & Blaine Billings (topic: Divergence and convergence in Sumatra and the Barrier Islands) (moderator: Dr Gede Primahadi W. Rajeg)
Prof. Ketut Artawa (topic: A preliminary report on creating “Balinese Valency Dictionary”) (moderator: Dr Ni Made Ayu Widiastuti)
Dr Dora Amalia (topic: Lexicography Landscape in Indonesia) (moderator: Dr Ni Putu Weddha Savitri)
Prof. I Wayan Arka (topic: The multi-dimensionality of the Enggano projects: A personal reflection on bridging linguistic inquiries and community relevance) (moderator: I Komang Sumaryana Putra, M.Hum.)
The media coverage of the seminar and workshop is assisted by Nissa Puspitaning Adni, M.Hum., and Galuh Febri Putra, M.A. and their team from the Media FIB.
The seminar (Day 1) (news coverage) was live-streamed on YouTube (cf. below):
Workshop details
Friday, 10 January 2025, Prijono Room (registration from 8.30 am Central Indonesian Time)
Charlotte Hemmings and Gede Primahadi W. Rajeg will present an overview of linguistic field methods and the relevant tools (e.g., ELAN and Fieldwork Language Explorer [FLEx]) for linguistic data processing in the context of language documentation (e.g., transcribing recording and managing lexical data).
NB: FLEx is ONLY AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS. PLEASE INSTALL ELAN and FLEx BEFORE THE WORKSHOP. The current plan for the workshop is as follows:
- 9 am – 12 pm: Charlotte Hemmings (SLIDES)
- 9-10.30 – Theory of language documentation
- 10-30-10.45 – SNACK BREAK
- 10.45-12 – Field method
- 12-1 pm: LUNCH BREAK
- 1 pm – 4 pm: Gede Primahadi W. Rajeg
- 1- 2.30 – Practical introduction to ELAN:
- importing (a short sample of) audio recording (to be provided)
- working with the ELAN transcription template (from ELAR)
- working with transcription tier
- segmentation on the speech to be transcribed
- transcribing
- exporting into a FLEx-compatible file (for further interlinear/morpheme-by-morpheme glossing)
- 2.30-2.45 – SNACK BREAK
- 2.45-4 – Practical overview of FLEx:
- Overview of the interface (esp. LEXICON and TEXT AND WORDS features)
- Creating a new FLEx project
- Importing ELAN-based transcription for analyses (i.e., interlinear glossing) (TEXT AND WORDS feature)
- Adding a simple lexicon (LEXICON feature)
- 1- 2.30 – Practical introduction to ELAN:
The workshop (Day 2) (news coverage) was also live-streamed on YouTube (cf. below):
