Why Language Documentation Matters [electronic resource] / by Shobhana L. Chelliah.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: SpringerBriefs in LinguisticsPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021Edition: 1st ed. 2021Description: IX, 94 p. 13 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783030661908
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.449 23
LOC classification:
  • P119.3-.32
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Languages Heal -- Chapter 3. Languages Inform -- Chapter 4. Reasons for Endangerment -- Chapter 5. Supporting Linguistic Vitality -- Chapter 6. Methods in Language Documentation and Description -- Chapter 7. Linguistic Fieldwork Contributing to Documentation -- Chapter 8. Impact of Language Documentation.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book offers the latest insights on language documentation, a reborn, refashioned, and reenergized subfield of linguistics motivated by the urgent task of creating a record of the world’s fast disappearing languages. Language documentation provides data to challenge and improve existing linguistic theory. In addition, because it requires input from various fields to be comprehensive, language documentation serves to build bridges between linguistics and other disciplines. Language documentation also provides resources for communities interested in language and culture preservation, language maintenance, and language revitalization. This book informs, evokes interest, and encourages involvement at all levels. .
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Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Languages Heal -- Chapter 3. Languages Inform -- Chapter 4. Reasons for Endangerment -- Chapter 5. Supporting Linguistic Vitality -- Chapter 6. Methods in Language Documentation and Description -- Chapter 7. Linguistic Fieldwork Contributing to Documentation -- Chapter 8. Impact of Language Documentation.

This book offers the latest insights on language documentation, a reborn, refashioned, and reenergized subfield of linguistics motivated by the urgent task of creating a record of the world’s fast disappearing languages. Language documentation provides data to challenge and improve existing linguistic theory. In addition, because it requires input from various fields to be comprehensive, language documentation serves to build bridges between linguistics and other disciplines. Language documentation also provides resources for communities interested in language and culture preservation, language maintenance, and language revitalization. This book informs, evokes interest, and encourages involvement at all levels. .

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