Essentials of Language Documentation

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

Info autore

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

Relazione

"Anyone intending to go into the field to document a language should read this book thoroughly before proceeding. It will not tell them what to collect, but could save them endless intellectual frustration. It is a worthy addition to the small but growing number of books on linguistic fieldwork."Anthony P. Grant in: Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute 14.3/2008

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Jost Gippert (Editore), Nikolaus Himmelmann (Editore), Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (Editore), Ulrike Mosel (Editore), Nikolau P Himmelmann (Editore), Nikolaus P Himmelmann (Editore)
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9783110188646
• ISBN: 978-3-11-018864-6
• Pagine: 424
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 33 mm x 230 mm
• Peso: 742 g
• Serie: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiL; Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiL; ISSN
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata