Essentials of Language Documentation (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 178) (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs)

Gippert, Jost (Editor)/ Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. (Editor)/ Mosel, Ulrike (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3110188643 / ISBN 13: 9783110188646

Published by Mouton de Gruyter, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essentials of Language Documentation (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 178) (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs)
• Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110188643
• ISBN 13: 9783110188646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.85 kilograms

About this title

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

About the Author

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