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Participatory Design in Digital Language Documentation: A Web Platform Approach

Abstract

Software for language documentation has a long and successful history, but challenges remain. In this work I describe my efforts to provide a path toward reinvigoration of software design for language documentation, one which equips linguists to participate more directly in designing software for their own workflows. I begin with the description of a simple, extensible data model for all the major data types used in language documentation. I then show how the standardized, well- tested technology that powers modern web browsers can serve as the basis for novel interfaces which are nonetheless closely linked to the terminology and descriptive systems in which linguists are trained.

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