The Riches of Long‐Term Community‐Engaged Documentary Research: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary as a Legacy Cultural Resource.
The article focuses on the Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary, a comprehensive language and cultural resource that documents the Warlpiri language and its associated cultural knowledge. Compiled over six decades by a team of linguists and Warlpiri speakers, the dictionary encompasses contributions fr...
| Published in: | Oceania Vol. 95; no. 2; pp. 166 - 176 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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