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LINGUIST List 18.3358

Tue Nov 13 2007

Books: Discipline of Ling/Lang Description: Payne, Weber (Eds)

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        1.    Paul Peranteau, Perspectives on Grammar Writing: Payne, Weber (Eds)
Message 1: Perspectives on Grammar Writing: Payne, Weber (Eds)
Date: 13-Nov-2007
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Perspectives on Grammar Writing: Payne, Weber (Eds)
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Title: Perspectives on Grammar Writing
Series Title: Benjamins Current Topics 11
Published: 2007
Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=BCT%2011

Editor: Thomas E. Payne
Editor: David J. Weber
Hardback: ISBN: 902722241X 9789027222411 Pages: 228 Price: Europe EURO 85.00
Hardback: ISBN: 902722241X 9789027222411 Pages: 228 Price: U.S. $ 115.00
Abstract:

With over half the languages of the world currently in danger of extinction
within a century, the need for high quality grammatical descriptions is
more urgent than ever. Potential grammar writers, however, often find
themselves paralyzed by the daunting task of describing a language. The
papers in the present volume (originally published in Studies in
Language 30:2 (2006)) provide suggestions and encouragement - from
experienced grammar writers and users - regarding concrete methods for
approaching the task of writing a descriptive grammar of a language.
Salient "themes" emerging from the papers in this volume include: The
necessity of community involvement in grammatical descriptions; The link
between a grammar and the other products of a program of language
documentation (a dictionary and collection of texts); The complementary
functions of elicited vs. naturally occurring data; and grammatical
description as 'art' as well as 'science'.

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics
                            Language Documentation

Written In: English (eng )

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