Aims phase 1 (1992-96)
• One language: Shona
• Research tool: create basic corpus of computer-stored Shona text, mostly oral material (collected 1992-93)
• Product: monolingual Shona dictionary for inexperienced users, 20 000 headwords, 500 pages
• Training: UZ staff through guest researcher ships
• Recruiting: M.A. scholarships
Reports
- Workshop report 1993
- Workshop report 1994
- Workshop report 1996
Aims phase 2 (1997-2001)
• Two languages: Shona and Ndebele
• Research tools: corpora and morphological parsers for both languages
• Products: An Advanced Shona dictionary (55000 headwords), A General Ndebele dictionary (30 000 headwords)
• Training : 2 guest researcher ships per year, 3 Ph.D. scholarships in African linguistics (based on ALLEX Project materials)
• Institutionalisation: African Languages Research Institute established from January 2000
Reports
- Annual report 1997
- Annual report 1998
- Annual report 1999
- Annual report 2000
- Final report 2001
- ALRI institutional proposal (1999)
- ALRI institutional proposal appendix (1999)
Aims phase 3 (2002 - 2006)
• More languages: Shona, Ndebele and 2 minority languages
• Research tools: make digital sound collection of all oral materials. Enlarge corpora, improve morphological parsers.
• Products: Shona and Ndebele dictionaries of:
Musicology
Linguistics and Literature
Shona Children's Dictionary
Advanced Ndebele Dictionary
• Training: 2 guest researcher ships per year, 3 Ph.D. scholarships in African linguistics (based on ALLEX Project materials)
• Institutionalisation: Maintaining and developing staff competence with a view to self sufficiency from 2006.
Reports
- Annual report 2002
- Annual report 2003
- Annual report 2004
- Annual report 2005
- Final report 2006
- Kadoma report (2003)