Project Documenting Endangered Languages Program Clarence E. Dammon Dean Term Academic Year 2025 Status Accepted Research Area Linguistics Description For the last 30 years, the field of linguistics has become aware and has invested in documenting those languages of the world that are at risk of disappearing, that is, of losing the last speakers. However, what is exactly the best way to proceed in these cases, and for whose benefit do we do documentation: for the sake of the linguistic community (science and academia) or for the sake of the speaking community? is it a choice of either/or, or do we have a way of articulating both needs? Approached such as Participatory Action Research or Community engaged research are some of the approaches that have been attempted, but the devil is in the details and, as embedded in the world of academia, students and researchers do not always keep in mind what the ultimate objective is. Supervisor Elena E Benedicto Mentor Type of work required students will be trained on the mechanics of language documentation (obtaining and processing language data), as well as in the philosophical and ethical debates currently existing in the field. Students will embed themselves in some of the active projects in the IELLab currently working on the engaged documentation of an at-risk languages. Websites https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/sis/p/iell/index.html Qualifications LING 201, LING 321 and LING 311 preferred. Intellectual curiosity, attention to details and ability to question the status quo. Credit Hours 2 Weekly Hours 6 (estimated)