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Author Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi, 1961- author.

Title Why language documentation matters / Shobhana L. Chelliah
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Series SpringerBriefs in linguistics, 2197-0009
SpringerBriefs in linguistics. 2197-0009
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Languages Heal -- Chapter 3. Languages Inform -- Chapter 4. Reasons for Endangerment -- Chapter 5. Supporting Linguistic Vitality -- Chapter 6. Methods in Language Documentation and Description -- Chapter 7. Linguistic Fieldwork Contributing to Documentation -- Chapter 8. Impact of Language Documentation
Summary This book offers the latest insights on language documentation, a reborn, refashioned, and reenergized subfield of linguistics motivated by the urgent task of creating a record of the world's fast disappearing languages. Language documentation provides data to challenge and improve existing linguistic theory. In addition, because it requires input from various fields to be comprehensive, language documentation serves to build bridges between linguistics and other disciplines. Language documentation also provides resources for communities interested in language and culture preservation, language maintenance, and language revitalization. This book informs, evokes interest, and encourages involvement at all levels
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 9, 2021)
Subject Linguistic minorities.
Anthropological linguistics.
Comparative linguistics.
anthropological linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics
Comparative linguistics
Linguistic minorities
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030661908
3030661903