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Imere_20230706_FLEX

Session Information

Session Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/95424f93-c48e-40bc-b1e6-b7e087c47e05

Title: Imere FLEx database

Description: The starting point for this FLEx database is Ross Clark's 1998 'A Dictionary of the Mele language (Atara Imere), Vanuatu. Nick Thieberger assisted Ross Clark and Catriona Malau to convert the dictionary to FLEx database format in 2017. Catriona Malau then used this lexicon primarily to gloss texts collected during the ELDP project on Imere in 2018 and 2019. There is an intention to revise the lexicon for publication of a 2nd edition of the dictionary but very little work has been done on this at this stage. There are many inconsistencies in the lexicon due to editing of some parts but not others. This database is being archived at this point in 2023 purely for preservation. All texts contained in the database are also archived separately and are available through this same ELAR collection.

Date created: 2023-07-06

Location

Continent: Oceania

Country: Vanuatu

Region: Shefa province

Address: Mele village

Project

ID: MDP0369

Name: 0514-MDP0369

Description: This collection contains documentation of the language known in the literature as Ifira-Mele or Mele-Fila. The language is represented by two dialects spoken by what today are two distinct communities. One dialect is spoken on the island of Ifira in Vila Bay, the bay in which Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, sits. The other dialect is spoken in the large village of Mele (Imere), less than 10km from Port Vila. The language is one of three Polynesian Outlier languages spoken in Vanuatu. This collection focuses on the Imere dialect and consists of recordings made mostly in 2018 and 2019.

Topics

Topic: Database

Keywords

Keyword: Lexicon

Keyword: Grammar

Keyword: Annotation

Keyword: Texts

Content

Genre: Lexical database

Languages

Language

Name: Mele-Fila

Description: Subject Language

Language

Name: Bislama

Description: Working Language

Language

Name: English

Description: Working Language

Actor

Full Name: Catriona Malau

Role: researcher

Actor

Full Name: Ross Clark

Role: researcher

Written Resources

Filename: Imere_2023-07-06.fwbackup

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/384d69b0-1a6d-4f44-99ad-cc604dbc71b7

File type: FLEx

Access: S

Access Restrictions: As work on this FLEx database is ongoing beyond the archive, it is accessible via permission to allow for discussion as necessary. It is embargoed until June 30, 2025. Please do seek permission for access if you are interested.

Restricted File: Please fill out the form on https://elararchive.org/requestaccess to request access to restricted resources.

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