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Web LinksFoundation for Indigenous Languages
http://www.fil.org/
Quote: "The Foundation for Indigenous Languages seeks to promote the physical, social, economic, spiritual, psychological, and intellectual well-being of indigenous people within their communities and environment by: enabling indigenous communities to develop literature in their own language; facilitating sustainable micro-publishing system development locally and internationally; and, partnering with individuals and organizations that share our vision.University of Minnesota at Mankato's Emuseum, section on Cultural Anthropology -- Language
http://www.mankato.msus.edu/emuseum/cultural/language/
As always, lots of great information, plus links to other sites.University of Minnesota at Mankato's Emuseum
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/language/topics_in_anthropological_lingui.html
Topics in Anthropological linguistics, including chimpanzee communication, pidgins and Creoles, tonal languages, structural linguistics, and the Whorf hypothesis.University of Minnesota at Mankato's Emuseum, section on Cultural Anthropology -- Music
http://www.mankato.msus.edu/emuseum/cultural/music/
An extensive website with information about ethnomusicology, and music from many world cultures.American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project at Boston University
http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/
Quote: "The ASLLRP includes investigation of the syntactic structure of ASL and development of multimedia tools to facilitate access to and analysis of primary data for sign language research."American Sign Language as a Foreign Language
http://www.unm.edu/~wilcox/ASLFL/asl_fl.html
An article by one of the leading researchers in the field of ASL, Sherman Wilcox of the Department of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. It discusses why ASL should be considered a foreign language for native speakers of English.Navajo Code Talkers
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/medals/navajo/index.cfm?flash=yes
A description of the Navajo Code Talkers program, with photographs, audio clips of the code, and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal created for the code talkers.
Quote: "More than half a century ago, hundreds of Navajo Indians served in the United States Marines, using their native language as the basis for an unbreakable military code used during wartime. The group of enlistees, known as the Navajo Code Talkers, trained to become skilled military radio operators and utilized the code that proved vital to U.S. victory during WWII."Gullah Language and Culture
http://www.coastalguide.com/gullah/
A tourist site, with links to Gullah cultural festivals.Gullah Tales
http://www.knowitall.org/gullahtales/
Listen to Aunt Pearlie-Sue's folktales in English and in Gullah. Tales and traditions of the African-American communities on the South Carolina and Georgia Sea islands.The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs and Body Language Cues
http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm
An amusing alphabetical listing of hundreds of nonverbal gestures and signs, and what they mean. Based on research, but written rather tongue-in-cheek.Gestures: Body Language and Nonverbal Communication
http://www.csupomona.edu/~tassi/gestures.htm
A guide to gestures and body language from several major Asian cultures, for elementary-high school teachers. From the website of the Teachers' Asian Studies Summer Institute Web Page, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.Signs, Gesture and Deafness in South Asian and South-west Asians Histories
http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/bibweb/Miles/Miles.html
Quote: "A bibliography with annotation and excerpts from India; also from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma / Myanmar, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Persia / Iran, & Sri Lanka. By M. Miles. Version 3.3 - 15 May 2001.Songs of ourselves
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/11/09/songs_of_ourselves/
New research suggests that we like music that sounds just like us. By Christine Kenneally.Ethnologue Main Web Site
http://www.ethnologue.com/
SIL website for language research resources.Ethnologue Language Family Index
http://www.ethnologue.com/family_index.asp
Information about how all of the world's languages are related to one another.Pressing Patrons with Proverbs: Talking Drums at the Tamale Markets
http://www.sil.org/anthro/articles/PressingPatronsWithProverbs.htm
An article by Paul Neeley and Abdullai Seidu about the drums in the Dagbamba markets in Ghana.The Gestural Origins of Language
http://www.americanscientist.org/articles/99articles/Corballis.html
An article from American Scientist suggesting that manual gestures helped spark the origin of spoken language in hominids. By Michael C. Corballis. |
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