Preserving the Language of Tribal Elders: Documentation of Creek (Muscogee) as Spoken within the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

Hello! My name is Sarah Fredrick and I am a double Linguistics and Psychology major at W&M interested in the field of linguistic documentation and revitalization. Language documentation aims to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices of a speech community. Linguists in this field seek to provide descriptions of under-documented and endangered languages by collecting and analyzing primary linguistic data through work with native speakers.

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