Lakota Language Forum - Lakȟól’iya Owáakhiye Othí

... awareness of correctness Positive impact of awareness of correctness among language users and learners is provided by quality pedagogical and reference materials, such as dictionaries and textbooks that are linguistically sound and consistent, including spelling, structure, grammaticality ...

... was first launched, I didn’t realise how quickly it would become indispensable. As one of the older pre-computer generations, my allegiance was to reference books that I could hold in my hands but NLD-O has changed that forever. My hard copy of NLD (though still much-loved and well-thumbed) is ...

We would like to ask the forum members the following. When you give reference to NLD in your comments and discussions, refer to the entry word rather than the page number (or both if you choose). Many people now use preferably the convenient NLD-O (New Lakota ...

... things that the forum brought to you? If you can, share it with the other forum members here. Since most of what I appreciate in this forum reference learning has been said by my predecessors already, I'd like to add one thing only: The politeness, gentleness and warmth with which members ...

... tools. Enjoy the NLD-O, but don’t turn its advantages into one huge disadvantage. Another thing that we would like to ask of you: when you give reference to NLD in your comments and discussions, refer to the entry word rather than the page number (or both if you choose). The NLD-O has no page ...

... you are not sure about. But it is important that you try to help each other in language issues that you do know about, whenever you can give the reference to the correct usage. The forum cannot keep growing without this. It is also quite likely that sometimes you will comment on something and ...

... and am just beginning with my own learning. However, I am most willing to try to help other newcomers. Only if in doing so I can make specific reference of course! My way of seeing it is that having been here almost two weeks now, I have that much more under my belt than the one who joined ...

... you know is not grammatical or idiomatic Lakota you can comment on it and suggest improvement. However, good feedback has to be backed up with reference. Unless you have an advanced proficiency level, you can’t simply say “this is how it should be” or “this is how I think it should be”. What ...

... enables clarity in written communication. 4) New Lakota Dictionary • Forum members are expected to use the New Lakota Dictionary (NLD) as the main reference source and as the basis of their posts and questions. Please try to find answers to your questions in the New Lakota Dictionary before you ...