University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Edinburg, TX 78539-2909)
Katherine O'Donnell Christoffersen (Project Director: July 2019 to present)
PW-269430-20
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$59,975 (approved)
$59,975 (awarded)
Grant period:
6/1/2020 – 8/31/2021
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Bilingual Voices in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands: Technology-Enhanced Transcription and Community Engaged Scholarship
A project to evaluate transcription tools and
methods and develop a preservation plan for two sociolinguistic corpora
documenting contemporary language practices of Spanish/English bilingual speakers in South Texas and southern Arizona.
Linguists at the University of
Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and the University of Arizona (UA) have
collected over 157 hours of audio-recorded interviews with Spanish/English
bilinguals documenting language varieties along the U.S./Mexico border. However,
due to the time-consuming nature of manual transcription, many of these
interviews have not yet been transcribed, limiting access to this valuable
collection. This project pilots technologically-enhanced transcription
methodologies, such as speech recognition and time alignment, to speed and
streamline the transcription process. It also pilots a sustainable,
community-based approach to the transcription of interviews by undergraduate
and graduate students in research internship courses. This assessment, outcomes
and findings of this project will guide other scholars seeking to develop their
own community-based sociolinguistic corpora.
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