Essentials of Language Documentation: 178 (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm]) - Softcover

 
9783110184068: Essentials of Language Documentation: 178 (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm])

Synopsis

Language documentation is a rapidly emerging new field in linguistics which is concerned with the methods, tools and theoretical underpinnings for compiling a representative and lasting multipurpose record of a natural language. This volume presents in-depth introductions to major aspects of language documentation, including overviews on fieldwork ethics and data processing, guidelines for the basic annotation of digitally-stored multimedia corpora and a discussion on how to build and maintain a language archive. It combines theoretical and practical considerations and makes specific suggestions for the most common problems encountered in language documentation. Key features textbook introduction to Language Documentation considers all common problems

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Jost Gippert , Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany;Ulrike Mosel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.

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ISBN 10:  3110188643 ISBN 13:  9783110188646
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2006
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