- "Language documentation seeks to create as thorough a record as possible of the speech community for both posterity and language revitalization."
The process of recording and preserving endangered languages, and the ethical considerations involved in this work.
- "This record can be public or private depending on the needs of the community and the purpose of the documentation."
- "In practice, language documentation can range from solo linguistic anthropological fieldwork to the creation of vast online archives that contain dozens of different languages, such as FirstVoices or OLAC."
- "Language documentation provides a firmer foundation for linguistic analysis in that it creates a corpus of materials in the language."
- "The materials in question can range from vocabulary lists and grammar rules to children's books and translated works."
- "This should be seen as a basic taxonomic task for linguistics, identifying the range of languages and their characteristics."
- "It aims to describe the grammar and use of human languages." - "It aims to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a given speech community."
- "Language documentation seeks to create as thorough a record as possible of the speech community for both posterity and language revitalization."
- "This record can be public or private depending on the needs of the community and the purpose of the documentation."
- "These materials can then support claims about the structure of the language and its usage."
- "Language documentation seeks to create as thorough a record as possible of the speech community for both posterity and language revitalization."
- "Examples of vast online archives that contain dozens of different languages are FirstVoices or OLAC."
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- "Language documentation can range from solo linguistic anthropological fieldwork..."
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- "Language documentation provides a firmer foundation for linguistic analysis..."
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- "The materials in question can range from vocabulary lists and grammar rules to children's books and translated works."
- "Language documentation seeks to create as thorough a record as possible of the speech community for... language revitalization."
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