Language Documentation and Description

[Peter Austin]

** Apologies for cross-posting ***

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.

Prof Peter K. Austin
Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics
Director, Endangered Languages Academic Program
PhD convenor
Department of Linguistics, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom

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