Human Language Dynamics (Bowern Lab)

This dataverse contains research materials, publications, corpora, datasets and other compilations related to research in Claire Bowern's Human Language Dynamics research group. We work broadly on language change and language documentation, especially (though not exclusively) with indigenous Australian communities.

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Asynchronous phonology elicitations
Oct 7, 2026 - Roro Dataverse
Bowern, Claire; Paru, Ikupu; Yale Field Methods class, 2025, 2026, "Asynchronous phonology elicitations", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/WY1WL4, Yale Dataverse, V1
Audio recorded from WhatsApp and text messages related to phonology elicitation, Spring 2025.
Elan transcripts for Roro elicitation sessions
Oct 7, 2026 - Roro Dataverse
He, Leander; Palmer, William, 2026, "Elan transcripts for Roro elicitation sessions", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/8OEL45, Yale Dataverse, V1
Elan transcripts in the Roro language
Notebook scans
Oct 7, 2026 - Roro Dataverse
He, Leander; Palmer, William, 2026, "Notebook scans", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/J8RJAR, Yale Dataverse, V1
Scans of notebooks on Roro language, 2025 and 2026 field trips
Replication Data for: Sanker et al "Don't try this at home"
Sep 2, 2026
Bowern, Claire; Sanker, Chelsea; Weber, Natalie, 2024, "Replication Data for: Sanker et al "Don't try this at home"", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/HSJAUY, Yale Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:UFyuMBDTKH1d55WqjfYXtA== [fileUNF]
Original scripts and recordings for https://muse.jhu.edu/article/842383/summary (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2021.0079)
Roro Dataverse(Yale University)
Aug 30, 2026
Materials related to Roro language documentation
Sample Obsidian Vault for Linguistic Fieldwork
Aug 28, 2026
Bowern, Claire, 2026, "Sample Obsidian Vault for Linguistic Fieldwork", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/EDACZT, Yale Dataverse, V1
Archive copy of Obsidian Vault (https://github.com/chirila/ObsidianforFieldwork/tree/main/obsidian/SampleVault) for dissemination.
Language Tapestries backup files
Aug 27, 2026
Bowern, Claire, 2026, "Language Tapestries backup files", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/KQB9NH, Yale Dataverse, V1
Backup/Archive copy of https://yale.pressbooks.pub/language-change/
Companion files for "Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide"
Jul 23, 2026
Bowern, Claire, 2026, "Companion files for "Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide"", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/UWO75C, Yale Dataverse, V1
This dataset hosts the pdf files for the 3rd edition of Claire Bowern's "Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide". The doi for this dataset is printed in the book. A more "friendly" version of the text, with information about chapter links and more frequently updatable materials, is available from https://chirila.github.io/fieldwork. The bibliograp...
Laves Papers
Laves Papers
Feb 2, 2026
Bowern, Claire, 2026, "Laves Papers", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/CQA8YP, Yale Dataverse, V1
Images and scans of material related to Gerhardt Laves' fieldnotes on Australian languages, created as part of his PhD work at the University of Chicago and Yale University (1929-1931); correspondence in following years
Viability Index: reporting
Feb 2, 2026
Claire Bowern; Kristine Hildebrandt; Jeff Good; Stefanie Ramos Bierge, 2026, "Viability Index: reporting", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/W5NOCT, Yale Dataverse, V1
Information related to the summaries of the Viability Index for language documentation: a record of changes to language documentation infrastructure
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