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Tyler Peterson
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Tyler Peterson's work focuses on the documentation, revitalization, and maintenance of endangered Indigenous languages, primarily in the Americas and Oceania.
He has a special interest in exploring how everyday technology and contemporary media can be used as a tool for language documentation and engaging the language learner, as well as developing teaching resources in these areas. His research as a linguist involves the theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of meaning (semantics and pragmatics).
Previous to his position at ASU, he was visiting lecturer at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In this part of the world, he has a number of currently active language documentation and research projects that brings his interests together. One of these projects is on the Cook Islands Māori, which includes a component dedicated to language revitalization, maintenance and literacy.
In the news
Once you lose the last speaker of a language, the language could be considered ‘extinct.’ … [But] extinction has a finality to it … If there’s a rich enough record of the language, it is possible to actually bring that language back.
Tyler Peterson BYU Radio: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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