Gary Simons
Biographic Data
| ID | 3592310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary Simons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary |
| FAMILY NAME | Simons |
| SIGNATURE | SIMONS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | SIL International |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9858-4088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Rating the vitality of sign languages
The Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS), developed by Lewis and Simons and based on work by Fishman, provides a means of rating ‘language vitality’ – the level of development or endangerment – where ‘development’ is understood as adding or preserving functions and ‘endangerment’ as loss of function. In its original form, it did not take sign languages into account. This paper explains what adjustments are needed to accommod…
The Role of Metadata in the Infrastructure for Archival Interoperation
Sociolinguists want to be able to share and compare datasets, and they want to do so now and far into the future. Achieving this dream will require that sociolinguistic corpora are archived in a sustainable way and that those corpora are encoded in such a way that interoperation among them is possible. This paper first sets the stage by describing broadly the requirements for sustainable archiving. It then focuses on the role of metadata in const…
The Squab and the Idler
The first English language newspaper in India began publication in 1780; by 1857, almost two hundred papers and periodicals had appeared – and many had quickly disappeared. An 1839 article in the Calcutta Literary Gazette partially attributed this high mortality rate to a lack of talented writers and to a desire among colonists for news from England: There is not here as there is in London, a class of professional literati, always ready to prepar…
Endangered language families
Linguists have increased their documentation efforts in response to the sharp decline in the number of languages. Greater awareness and new sources of funding have led to an upsurge in language documentation. While individual languages make unique contributions to the world's linguistic heritage, language families, by virtue of their shared heritage, have related contributions to make. The endangerment of entire families, while implied by the los…
Ngbugu digital wordlist
Language documentation faces challenges of data preservation and accessibility. Data can be lost due to physical deterioration (e.g. field notes or tape recordings) or outdated format (e.g. Microsoft Word 3.0). Archived data is typically difficult to access, and it is sometimes found that the archived information is inadequate for research purposes. Increased interest in language documentation has coincided with advancements in digital technologi…
Actuarial Issues in Insurance on Slaves in the United States South
Seven Dimensions of Portability for Language Documentation and Description
The process of documenting and describing the world's languages is undergoing radical transformation with the rapid uptake of new digital technologies for capture, storage, annotation, and dissemination. While these technologies greatly enhance our ability to create digital data, their uncritical adoption has compromised our ability to preserve this data. Consequently, new digital language resources of all kinds-lexicons, interlinear texts, gramm…
Do Journal Rejection Rates Index Consensus
Hargens has made a significant contribution to our continuing attempt to understand the cognitive and social differences between scientific disciplines. A primary issue is to what extent does the level of cognitive consensus in the natural and the social sciences differ? Hargens (1975) and most others (e.g., Kuhn 1970, Lodahl and Gordon 1972, Price 1970, Storer 1967, and Zuckerman and Merton 1971; 1973) have long advocated the accepted assumption…
Seven Dimensions of Portability for Language Documentation and Description
The process of documenting and describing the world's languages is undergoing radical transformation with the rapid uptake of new digital technologies for capture, storage, annotation, and dissemination. While these technologies greatly enhance our ability to create digital data, their uncritical adoption has compromised our ability to preserve this data. Consequently, new digital language resources of all kinds-lexicons, interlinear texts, gramm…
Do Journal Rejection Rates Index Consensus
Hargens has made a significant contribution to our continuing attempt to understand the cognitive and social differences between scientific disciplines. A primary issue is to what extent does the level of cognitive consensus in the natural and the social sciences differ? Hargens (1975) and most others (e.g., Kuhn 1970, Lodahl and Gordon 1972, Price 1970, Storer 1967, and Zuckerman and Merton 1971; 1973) have long advocated the accepted assumption…
Endangered language families
Linguists have increased their documentation efforts in response to the sharp decline in the number of languages. Greater awareness and new sources of funding have led to an upsurge in language documentation. While individual languages make unique contributions to the world's linguistic heritage, language families, by virtue of their shared heritage, have related contributions to make. The endangerment of entire families, while implied by the los…
Rating the vitality of sign languages
The Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS), developed by Lewis and Simons and based on work by Fishman, provides a means of rating ‘language vitality’ – the level of development or endangerment – where ‘development’ is understood as adding or preserving functions and ‘endangerment’ as loss of function. In its original form, it did not take sign languages into account. This paper explains what adjustments are needed to accommod…
Do Journal Rejection Rates Index Consensus
Hargens has made a significant contribution to our continuing attempt to understand the cognitive and social differences between scientific disciplines. A primary issue is to what extent does the level of cognitive consensus in the natural and the social sciences differ? Hargens (1975) and most others (e.g., Kuhn 1970, Lodahl and Gordon 1972, Price 1970, Storer 1967, and Zuckerman and Merton 1971; 1973) have long advocated the accepted assumption…
Seven Dimensions of Portability for Language Documentation and Description
The process of documenting and describing the world's languages is undergoing radical transformation with the rapid uptake of new digital technologies for capture, storage, annotation, and dissemination. While these technologies greatly enhance our ability to create digital data, their uncritical adoption has compromised our ability to preserve this data. Consequently, new digital language resources of all kinds-lexicons, interlinear texts, gramm…
Actuarial Issues in Insurance on Slaves in the United States South
Ngbugu digital wordlist
Language documentation faces challenges of data preservation and accessibility. Data can be lost due to physical deterioration (e.g. field notes or tape recordings) or outdated format (e.g. Microsoft Word 3.0). Archived data is typically difficult to access, and it is sometimes found that the archived information is inadequate for research purposes. Increased interest in language documentation has coincided with advancements in digital technologi…
Endangered language families
Linguists have increased their documentation efforts in response to the sharp decline in the number of languages. Greater awareness and new sources of funding have led to an upsurge in language documentation. While individual languages make unique contributions to the world's linguistic heritage, language families, by virtue of their shared heritage, have related contributions to make. The endangerment of entire families, while implied by the los…
The Role of Metadata in the Infrastructure for Archival Interoperation
Sociolinguists want to be able to share and compare datasets, and they want to do so now and far into the future. Achieving this dream will require that sociolinguistic corpora are archived in a sustainable way and that those corpora are encoded in such a way that interoperation among them is possible. This paper first sets the stage by describing broadly the requirements for sustainable archiving. It then focuses on the role of metadata in const…
The Squab and the Idler
The first English language newspaper in India began publication in 1780; by 1857, almost two hundred papers and periodicals had appeared – and many had quickly disappeared. An 1839 article in the Calcutta Literary Gazette partially attributed this high mortality rate to a lack of talented writers and to a desire among colonists for news from England: There is not here as there is in London, a class of professional literati, always ready to prepar…
Rating the vitality of sign languages
The Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS), developed by Lewis and Simons and based on work by Fishman, provides a means of rating ‘language vitality’ – the level of development or endangerment – where ‘development’ is understood as adding or preserving functions and ‘endangerment’ as loss of function. In its original form, it did not take sign languages into account. This paper explains what adjustments are needed to accommod…
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