Essentials of Language Documentation
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Essentials of Language Documentation by Jost Gippert
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 problemsJost Gippert , Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany;Ulrike Mosel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783110184068 |
| ISBN 10 | 3110184060 |
| Title | Essentials of Language Documentation |
| Author | Jost Gippert |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Year published | 2006-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 434 |
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