The Construction And Application Of The Multimedia Corpus Of Bisu Language: Taking The Study On Measure Words As An Example

Abstract

The purpose of constructing a multimedia corpus of the Bisu language is to preserve this endangered language with very few speakers and no written records, especially its vitality and the local culture, for studying and research. By introducing the constructing process and methods of the self-built Bisu multimedia corpus, which integrates texts, audio, and videos, through ELAN, and taking the study on Bisu measure words as an example, the application research is carried out based on this self-built multimedia corpus, which provides a typical example of preserving other endangered languages of ethnic groups.