Isthmus Zapotec Collection of Randi Moore

Colección del Zapoteco del Istmo de Randi Moore

Object Details

Collection LanguageZapotec, Isthmus
Language PIDailla:119576
Title [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Title
TitleIsthmus Zapotec Collection of Randi Moore
Country(ies)Mexico
Collector(s)Moore, Randi
Depositor(s)Moore, Randi
Project/Collector Website
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionMaterials in and about the Isthmus Zapotec langauge of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Materials were collected as part of the dissertation research of Randi Moore, in the study of spatial language (reference frames) and landscape entities in three communities of speakers. Data was collected between April 2012 and January 2015.

The transcriptions and translations of the audio-visual recordings in this collection are publically available. The audio-visual files themselves are restricted access.

Funding support is acknowledged from NSF's Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (Documenting Endangered Languages Award #1264064) and the larger MesoSpace NSF Linguistics grant (#1053123). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
ReferencesMoore, Randi. 2018. Spatial language and cognition in Isthmus Zapotec. Ph.D. dissertation. University at Buffalo.