Language Documentation and Description

Peter Austin pa2 at SOAS.AC.UK
Thu May 29 20:32:29 UTC 2008


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Language Documentation and Description Volume 5 published by the Hans
Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS is now available. It contains
six papers on three topics: data and language documentation, digital video
and archiving in language documentation, and training and activism in
documentary linguistics. Here is the table of contents (for more details and
an order form go to http://www.hrelp.org/publications/papers/volume5/)

Editor's Preface
List of Contributors

Data and language documentation

Data, but data from what?
Ruth Finnegan

Linguist's multi-layered data and the linguistic community's polyphony
Maurizio Gnerre

On the representativeness of language documentations
Frank Seifart

Digital video and archiving

The role of digital video in language documentation
Louise Ashmore

Digital archives: essential elements in the workflow for endangered
languages documentation and revitalisation
David Nathan

Training and activism

Language activism and the "new linguistics": expanding opportunities for
documenting endangered languages in Indonesia
Margaret Florey


To celebrate the fifth anniversary of publishing LDD we are offering a
package of all the issues (Volumes 1 to 5) plus two free CD-ROMs for a
special price of £30 (plus postage and packaging). This price represents 40%
off the usual price of the individual volumes, and for 55 papers and almost
1,000 pages I think it is great value for money. This offer is available for
a limited time only and closes on 30th September 2008.

To order the full set of Language Documentation and Description at the
special anniversary price go to
http://www.hrelp.org/publications/papers/index.html, download and complete
the order form and return it with payment by post or fax to the address
given on the form.



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