Phonology in Language Documentation by Gabriela Caballero HARDBACK 9781009543583

Name: Phonology in Language Documentation by Gabriela Caballero HARDBACK 9781009543583
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Phonology in Language DocumentationAuthor(s): Gabriela Caballero, Laura McPherson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009543583, 978-1009543583\nSynopsis\nThis Element addresses the challenges and opportunities that arise in the study of sound systems of understudied languages within the context of language documentation, an expanding field that seeks to develop records of the world's languages and their patterns of use in their broader cultural and social context. The topics covered in this Element focus on different elements of language documentation and their relationship to phonological analysis, including lexicography, documentary corpora, music and the verbal arts, as well as grammar writing. For each of these areas, the authors examine methodological and theoretical implications for phonology. With growing concern in the field of language documentation and linguistics more generally for the.