Angela Kluge
Degrees
- Master of Arts in Language and Communication Research from University of Wales, College of Cardiff (February 2001)
- Master of Physical Education (Diplom Sportlehrer) from Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln (May 1983)
Current positions
- SIL Indonesia Branch Sociolinguistics and Survey Consultant (2006– )
Other experience
- Survey field work in Togo-Benin and Ghana, in West Africa,
from March 1992 – August 1999:
- Conducting survey field work, especially in the Ede and Gbe language continua.
- Training and mentoring of SIL and national surveyors.
- SIL Indonesia Senior survey consultant (2003 – 2006)
- Survey
- Language survey course: 1992, 1994 (SIL school, UK), 2000 (SIL school, Germany)
- Principles of Language Survey course: 2002 (SIL school, Germany), 2004 ( Indonesia, SIL Indonesia)
- Prinsip – prinsip Survei Bahasa (Indonesian version of Principles of Language Survey course): 2006, 2007 (Indonesia, SIL Indonesia)
- Sociolinguistics
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics (German – Einführung in die Soziolinguistik): 1994, 1998, 2002 (SIL school, Germany)
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics: 2005 (Indonesia, SIL Indonesia)
- Phonetik: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 (SIL school, Germany)
- Survey workshops
- Questionnaire design: 2003 (Indonesia, SIL Indonesia)
- RTT Retelling Method: 2005 (Indonesia, SIL Indonesia)
- RTT Retelling Method (Indonesian – TTR Metode Menceritakan Kembali): 2005 (Indonesia, SIL Indonesia)
- ILAC (International Language Assessment Conference) 2005 Chair
Memberships
- GBS – Gesellschaft für Bedrohte Sprachen (Society for Endangered Languages, http://www.uni-koeln.de/gbs/e_index.html (2004 –)
- GAL – Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (Society for Applied Linguistics, http://www.gal-ev.de/ (2006 –)
Language proficiency
- German: mother tongue
- English understand, speak, read, write: FSI level 4
- Indonesian understand, read: FSI level 3
- Indonesian speak, write: FSI level 2+
- French understand, read: FSI level 2
Research interests
- Development and standardization of language varieties that occur in clusters and continua.
- Bilingualism in standardized and non-standardized varieties of languages of wider communication / national languages.
- Nonstandard Malay varieties
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2000. The analysis of intercultural miscommunication: Three approaches. Notes on Sociolinguistics vol. 5.2: 57–68. Dallas: SIL.
2000. The Gbe language varieties of West Africa: A quantitative analysis of lexical and grammatical features. (unpublished MA thesis). 212 pages. Cardiff: University of Wales, College of Cardiff.
2000. Three different notions of the interview process. Notes on Sociolinguistics vol. 5.3-4: 105–116. Dallas: SIL.
2005. A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: The effects of different similarity judgment criteria.Linguistic Discovery 3(1):22-53. http://linguistic-discovery.dartmouth.edu/webobjbin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/xmlpage/1/issue?tmpl=ld_issue.
2006. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of grammatical features elicited among the Gbe language varieties of West Africa. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics http://www.atypon-link.com/WDG/toc/jall/27/1.
2007. RTT retelling method: an alternative approach to intelligibility testing.SIL Electronic Working Papers 2007-006. Online URL: http://www.sil.org/silewp/2007/silewp2007-006.pdf.
2007. A synchronic lexical study of the Ede language continuum of West Africa: The effects of different similarity judgment criteria. Afrikanistik Online 2007. Online URL: http://www.afrikanistik-online.de/archiv/2007/1328/.
Selected papers presented
2005. Anii – Longitudinal study. Paper presented at the SIL International Surveyors Caucus, Chiang Mai, 5-6 & 15-16 September 2005.
2005. RTT retelling method. Paper presented at the SIL International Surveyors Caucus, Chiang Mai, 5-6 & 15-16 September 2005.
2007. “Sorry, could you repeat that, please?! ” – Where does one language end and the next begin? Paper presented at the SIL-Indonesia Eastern Indonesia Malay Seminar, Sentani, 3-6 September 2007.
Works online
2002. Kluge, Angela and Deborah H. Hatfield. “Sociolinguistic survey of the Safaliba language area.” SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-041 http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-041.
2002. Tompkins, Barbara and Angela Kluge. “Sociolinguistic survey of the Aja language area.” SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-020 http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/020.
2002. Tompkins, Barbara, Deborah H. Hatfield, and Angela Kluge. “Sociolinguistic survey of the Gua language community.” SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-037. http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-037.
2002. Tompkins, Barbara, Deborah Hatfield, and Angela Kluge. “Sociolinguistic survey of the Chakali language area.” SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-035. http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-035.