Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages (Studies in Corpus Linguistics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027203768 ISBN 13: 9789027203762

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015

Synopsis

This volume presents new findings based on the analysis of spoken corpora in thirteen different Afro-Asiatic languages – a unique endeavor in the domain of lesser-described languages. It will be of interest to corpus linguists, general linguists, typologists, and linguists specializing in Afro-Asiatic languages. In addition to the rarity of corpus studies based on endangered and lesser-described languages, the volume is remarkable due to its focus on the role of prosody in interaction with several other phenomena, including code-switching and borrowing. Phonology, syntax, and information structure are explored, and the issue of the elaboration of strategies for the typological comparison of corpora is addressed in several papers. The volume also contains a presentation of software development conducted within the scope of the CorpAfroAs project and based upon the widely used ELAN. The sound-indexed, and morphosyntactically-annotated corpora, with their OLAC metadata and several other deliverables can be accessed and searched at http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/scl.68.website.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9027203768
• ISBN 13: 9789027203762
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Mettouchi Amina, Vanhove Martine, Caubet Dominique