New FNLG Courses this year! 2014W Term 1 (Sept-Dec 2014) FNLG 480A.001: Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization. 3 Credits. Tues & Thurs 12:30-2:00 pm. Instructor: Mark Turin. No prerequisites. Critical study of the historical, social, cultural, political, and economic factors impacting on language loss, retention, and revival. While the principal focus is the endangered status of British Columbia’s First Nations languages, these issues are contextualized in the global context of massive language extinction and the erosion of complex systems of human knowledge. Research on and application of methodologies for collaborative, transdisciplinary, community-based documentation and revitalization of BC’s Indigenous linguistic heritage. No prerequisites. For further information, please contact: FNLG 448S.001: Sounds of Endangered Languages: Conservation and Revitalization. 3 Credits. Wed & Fri 12:00-1:30 pm. Instructors: Patricia A. Shaw & Emily Elfner. Students will develop skills in the perception and transcription of the world-renowned diversity of speech sounds and prosodic patterns in BC’s endangered First Nations languages. No prerequisites. For further information, please contact: . 2014W Term 2 (Jan-Apr 2015) FNLG 448T.001: Technologies for Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization. 3 Credits. Tues & Thurs 12:30-2:00 pm. Instructor: Mark Turin. No prerequisites. Students will learn about digital tools for endangered language documentation, conservation, and revitalization. Focus on protocols, ethics, cultural context, community engagement, capacity-building. Survey of best practices in project design; orthographic representation; data management, archiving, web publishing; use of audio, video, and still photography. No prerequisites. For further information, please contact: . FNLG 448W.001: Word Structures in Endangered Languages: Conservation and Revitalization 3 Credits Mon Wed Fri 1:00-2:00 pm. Instructor: Daisy Rosenblum Students will learn about the rich array of derivational, inflectional and perceptual categories that are found in the endangered First Nations languages of BC. What can be learned about our human language capacity from these languages, what is at risk of loss, and what can be done to contribute to their conservation and revitalization? No prerequisites. For further information, please contact:
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