Date:    Tue, 16 Jun 1998 15:34:13 -0500
<br>From:    Paul Meier <pmeier[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EAGLE.CC.UKANS.EDU>
<br>Subject: Digital Dialect Archives
<br>
<br>Several of my colleagues who teach accents and dialects, and who act as
<br>dialect coaches to film, the theater and television perceive the need
<br>for a digital archive of primary source recordings of regional American
<br>English , primary source recordings of regional English dialects from
<br>other English-speaking countries, and primary source recordings of
<br>English spoken with an accent.  Such an archive could be
<br>internet-accessible, and sound files contributed and disseminated that
<br>way.
<br>
<br>I am designing such an archive and my questions to my colleagues in ADS
<br>are these:
<br>
<br>1.  Is anyone aware of the existence of such an archive, or plans to
<br>construct one?
<br>
<br>2.   Does such an archive seem feasible and useful?
<br>
<br>3.    What protocols do you envisage to ensure recordings that would
<br>have the widest validity for academic research across many disciplines?
<br>
<br>4.    What might make it attractive to you to contribute primary source
<br>recordings from your area of the world for inclusion in such an archive?
<br>
<br>5.  Would you be interested in receiving a short description of the
<br>archive as it is currently imagined?
<br>
<br>Please reply to me personally on any or all of these four points.
<br>