Shobhana L. Chelliah

Why Language Documentation Matters (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 94
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030661908
• Artikelnr.: 60984998

Autorenporträt

Shobhana L. Chelliah is Associate Professor at the University of North Texas, Denton. Her expertise covers the following areas of the Linguistics field Language Documentation and Description, Tibeto-Burman Languages of North-east India, Indian English, World English, TESOL. Willem J. de Reuse is currently Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas, Denton.

Inhaltsangabe

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.