• analysing karakia, whakatauki, waiata;
4.5 Wordlist / Dictionary
• analysing content of names and references.
Rationale:
The importance of vocabulary development is a
critical step
towards the development
maintenance of a language.
and
Fortunately, the
work undertaken by people such as Ruka
Broughton, Ruakere Hond and Sean Ellison on
various aspects of Taranaki reo provides a
foundation
for
ongoing
development
and
The current demand for a Taranaki Maori
dictionary is growing and the direct impact of
such a wordlist makes the initiative a high priority.
Through the efforts of a committee with expertise
and experience in lexicography we could see
ongoing development and revisions as groups
and individuals contribute to the current material.
analysis. More recently, Te Puna reo o Taranaki
has been able to access some documents with a
further range of Taranaki words and phrases.
These potentially form the basis of an extended
revision of the previous Draft Taranaki wordlist
produced by Ruakere Hond. Furthermore, it is
hoped
that
more
contribution
by
Taranaki
communities will be made towards this type of
project by providing additional words and phrases
Integral Factors and resources:
• Community contribution and involvement.
• Develop relationships with institutions for
access to Taranaki related material.
• Committee with expertise to guide the project.
• A clear outline of best practice methods for
collecting material.
• A sound set of ethical standards & protocols.
greatly enhancing the current wordlist.
• Appropriate resourcing for lexical development.
• Training workshops for those involved.
Description:
This initiative involves collecting as many specific
• Ongoing financial assistance.
words and phrases that can be shown to have
been
used
by
Taranaki
speakers.
The
references can be added to the current Taranaki
wordlist database with a process of verification by
language experts especially well versed Taranaki
pahake. Some of the many ways to record these
features include:
Positive Outcomes:
• Access to quality Taranaki reo resources.
• Durability of material.
• Communities also have opportunities to
establish own systems of collection & analysis.
• Material able to be used for ongoing analysis&
resource development.
• extracting material from manuscripts;
• analysing recordings of speakers;
• conducting interviews with pahake;
• analysing newspaper articles written by
Taranaki contributors;
• extracting material from published and
unpublished articles and documents;
Possible risks:
• Negative reaction towards the open access to
local information.
• Poor access to sufficient financial support.
• Lack of available expertise to guide project.
• Institutions not willing to enter into relationships.
• Integrity/Accuracy of material is affected by
many people being involved.
• Intellectual rights are not respected
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