Bibliography: Language Documentation and Description
The following bibliography was created and is maintained exclusively by me. It is not meant to be exhaustive and, instead, serves as a starting point for fieldworkers and junior scholars. Nonetheless, this bibliography may not be partially or fully reproduced without prior approval.
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General Readings
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- Ameka, Felix K., Alan Dench, and Nicholas Evans, eds. 2006. Catching Language: The Standing Challenge of Grammar Writing. New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Bowern, Claire. 2008. Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. New York: Palgrave MacMillian.
- ———. 2010. "Fieldwork and the IRB: A Snapshot." Language, 86: 897–905.
- Cahill, Michael and Keren Rice, eds. 2014. Developing Orthographies for Unwritten Languages. Dallas, TX: SIL International.
- Chelliah, Shobhana L. 2021. Why Language Documentation Matters. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerBriefs in Linguistics.
- Chelliah, Shobhana L. and Willem J. de Reuse. 2010. Handbook of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork. Dordrecht: Springer.
- Crowley, Terry. 2007. Field Linguistics: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
- Dixon, R.M.W. 1965. What is Language? A New Approach to Linguistic Description. London, UK: Longmans.
- ———. 2010. Basic Linguistic Theory, Volume 1: Methodology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ———. 2010. Basic Linguistic Theory, Volume 2: Grammatical Topics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ———. 2012. Basic Linguistic Theory, Volume 3: Further Grammatical Topics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Dorian, Nancy. C, ed. 1992. Investigating Obsolescence: Studies in Language Contraction and Death. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
- Dryer, Matthew S. 2006. "Descriptive Theories, Explanatory Theories, and Basic Linguistic Theory." In Felix Ameka, Alan Dench, Nicholas Evans (eds.) Catching Language: Issues in Grammar Writing. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 207-234.
- Gippert, Jost, Nikolaus Himmelmann, and Ulrike Mosel, eds. 2006. Essentials of Language Documentation. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
- Grenoble, Lenore A. and N. Louanne Furbee. 2010. Language Documentation: Practice and Values. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Hale, Kenneth. 1992. "Language Endangerment and the Human Value of Linguistic Diversity." Language, 68(1): 35-42.
- Harrison, K. David. 2007. When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- ———. 2010. The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
- ———. 2005. "Ethnographically Informed Language Documentation." Language Documentation and Description, 3: 22–41. London: School of Oriental and African Studies.
- Haspelmath, Martin. 2008. "Framework-Free Grammatical Theory." The Oxford Handbook of Grammatical Analysis. Eds. Bernd Heine and Heiko Narrog. Oxford University Press.
- Hinton, Leanne and Ken Hale (eds). 2013. The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice. BRILL.
- Kindell, Gloria and M. Paul Lewis, eds. Assessing Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Theory and Practice. Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2000. Print.
- Krauss, Michael. 1992. "The World’s Languages in Crisis." Language, 68(1): 4-10.
- Ladefoged, Peter. 1992. "Another View of Endangered Languages." Language, 68(4): 809-811.
- Maxwell, Judith M. 2010. "Training Graduate Students and Community Members for Native Language Documentation." In Language Documentation: Practice and Values, by Lenore A. Grenoble and N. Louanna Furbee (eds), pp. 255-274. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- McKinney, Carol V. 2000. Globe-Trotting in Sandals: A Field Guide to Cultural Research. Dallas, TX: SIL International.
- Nakayama, Toshihide and Keren Rice, eds. 2014. The Art and Practice of Grammar Writing. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
- Nettle, Daniel and Suzanne Romaine. 2000. Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World’s Languages. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Newman, Paul. 1998. "We Have Seen the Enemy and It Is Us: The Endangered Languages Issue as a Hopeless Cause." Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 28(2): 11-20.
- Newman, Paul and Martha Ratliff (eds). 2001. Linguistic Fieldwork. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Olko, Justyna and Julia Sallabank. 2021. Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Payne, Thomas E. 1997. Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
- ———. 2014. "Toward a Balanced Grammatical Description." Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication, 8: 91-108.
- Payne, Thomas E. and David J. Weber. 2007. Perspectives on Grammar Writing. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sallabank, Julia. 2010. "Language Endangerment: Problems and Solutions." eSharp, Special Issue: Communicating Change: Representing Self and Community in a Technological World, 50-87.
- Tsunoda, Tasaku. 2005. Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Relevant Academic Journals
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