This research reported on below was done under the NSF grant “Developing the next generation of researchers investigating Khoisan languages” (Award Abstract # 1760980). The duration of the grant was from June 1, 2018 to August 31, 2024. The grant was extended twice because of the pandemic.
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The main focus of the fieldwork was Cua, a Kalahari Khoe language spoken in southeastern Botswana. But we also worked on Tshila, a closely related Kalahari Khoe language also spoken in southeastern Botswana. Both of the languages were mostly undocumented at the start of the grant. The following numbers give a bird’s eye view of what was accomplished during the duration of the grant.
1.
Cua: 5 fieldwork expeditions to Diphudhudu (2019, 2022, 2023(x2), 2024)
Tshila: 2 fieldwork expeditions to Kaudwane (2023, 2024)
Total: 7 fieldwork expeditions.
2.
Cua: Training 4 students (2 females, 2 males)
(2 of the students participated twice for a total of 6 student trips).
Tshila: Training 2 students (2 males)
(1 of the students participated twice for a total of 3 student trips).
Total: Training 6 students (2 females, 4 males).
(for a total of 9 student trips)
3.
Cua: 14 native speaker consultants (7 male, 11 female).
Tshila: 12 native speaker consultants (7 male, 5 female).
Total: 25 native speaker consultants (14 male, 16 female).
4.
Cua: 1,390 lexical items recorded and entered into FLEx.
Tshila: 1,373 lexical items recorded and entered into FLEx.
Total: 2,763 lexical items recorded and entered into FLEx.
5.
Cua: 17,898 sound files of words and phrases.
Tshila: 9,845 sound files of words and phrases.
Total: 27,743 sound files of words and phrases.
6.
Cua: 15 notebooks of lexicon, syntax and oral texts (1,223 pages).
Tshila: 6 notebooks of lexicon, syntax and oral texts (468 pages).
Total: 20 notebooks of lexicon, syntax and oral texts (1,691 pages).
7.
Cua: 146 videos (15 hours 9 minutes).
Tshila: 39 videos (3 hours, 19 minutes, 90 seconds).
Total: 185 videos (18 hours, 28 minutes, 90 seconds).
8.
Cua: 10 transcribed oral texts (18 minutes 30 seconds).
Tshila: 6 transcribed oral texts (6 minutes 55 seconds).
Total: 16 transcribed oral texts (25 minutes 15 seconds).
(Note: All of above have been entered into FLEx).
9.
Cua: 5 oral texts entered into both ELAN and FLEx (16 minutes 2 seconds).
Tshila: 0 oral texts entered into both ELAN and FLEx.
Total: 5 oral texts entered into both ELAN and FLEx (16 minutes 2 seconds).
10.
Cua: 1741 photos
Tshila: 934 photos
Total: 2,675 photos
11.
Cua: 50 short sociolinguistic audio files (5 hrs 14min 31 sec).
Tshila: 37 short sociolinguistic audio files (3 hours 13 minutes)
Total: 87 short sociolinguistic audio files (8 hours 27 minutes 31 seconds)
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