Notes from the Field: Wisconsin Walloon Documentation and Orthography

Autor/inn/en	Biers, Kelly; Osterhaus, Ellen
Titel	Notes from the Field: Wisconsin Walloon Documentation and Orthography
Quelle	In: Language Documentation & Conservation, 15 (2021), S.1-29 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-5275
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Dialects; Immigrants; Agricultural Occupations; Language Usage; Language Research; Language Maintenance; Phonetics; Written Language; Romance Languages; School Community Relationship; Universities; Language Attitudes; Video Technology; Phonology; Morphology (Languages); Language Variation; Belgium; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Dialect; Dialekt; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachforschung; Sprachpflege; Phonetik; Fonetik; Geschriebene Sprache; Romanische Sprache; University; Universität; Sprachverhalten; Fonologie; Morphology; Morphologie; Sprachenvielfalt; Belgien
Abstract	Wisconsin Walloon is a heritage dialect of a threatened language in the langue d'oïl family that originated in southern Belgium and expanded to northeastern Wisconsin, USA in the mid-1850s. Walloon-speaking immigrants formed an isolated agricultural community, passing on and using the language for the next two generations until English became the dominant functional language. Although younger generations today have not learned the language, there remain enough Walloon speakers as well as Belgian descendants interested in their linguistic heritage to have generated community support for a Walloon documentation and conservation project. In this paper, we report on the results of over three years of collaboration between university researchers, students, and community members to document, study, and promote the language for the benefit of both scholars and community. We provide a description of the language, collaborative documentation efforts, and the development of community resources, including a phonetically-accessible Walloon orthography. We conclude with an outlook on future work with an eye toward increased community-led efforts. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Foreign Language Resources Center at University of Hawaii. Department of Linguistics, UHM Moore Hall 569, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Fax: 808-956-9166; e-mail: ldc@hawaii.edu; Web site: https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01