Language Documentation and Description Vol 4

[Peter Austin]

Volume 4 of Language Documentation and Description is now available from the
Endangered Languages Academic Programme at SOAS.

Volume 4 is a collection of papers dealing with three topics in language
documentation: 

• Current issues in language documentation 
• Meaning and translation in language documentation 
• Literacy and language documentation 

A CD-ROM The Disappearing Sounds of the World’s Languages, based on a
lecture given by the late Professor Peter Ladefoged, is provided free with
the volume. 

Most of the papers arose from workshops held at SOAS in December 2005 and
February 2006. They represent important contributions to the theory and
practice of the field of language documentation by leading scholars and
younger researchers, including Yonas M. Asfaha, Peter K. Austin, Henrik
Bergqvist, David Bradley, Éva Á. Csató, Nick Evans, William A. Foley, Jeff
Good, Lenore A. Grenoble, Sjaak Kroon, Jeanne Kurvers, Simon Musgrave, David
Nathan, Mary Raymond, Hans-Jürgen Sasse, Nick Thieberger, and Anthony C.
Woodbury.

The volume will be of interest to anyone concerned with documenting and
describing languages. 

Cost: GBP £10.00 (which includes CD-ROM; postage and packaging is £2.50
extra); for ordering information, see
http://www.hrelp.org/publications/papers/volume4/