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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Language documentation&#039;&#039;&#039; is the creation of a sizable multimedia <a href="/index.php?title=Corpus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Corpus (page does not exist)">corpus</a> of <a href="/index.php?title=Raw_data&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Raw data (page does not exist)">raw data</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Primary_data&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Primary data (page does not exist)">primary data</a> of a little-known language. Language documentation became a major conce...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Language documentation&#039;&#039;&#039; is the creation of a sizable multimedia [[corpus]] of [[raw data]] and [[primary data]] of a little-known language. Language documentation became a major concern of linguistics only in the 1990s as a result of the realization that large numbers of languages are threatened with [[exitinction]]. (Hence documentation of major languages has not been an issue so far.)<br /> <br /> ===Comments===<br /> Language documentation is sometimes said to be the object of the new linguistic subfield of [[documentary linguistics]] (Himmelmann 1998).<br /> <br /> :::*&#039;&#039;&quot;The aim of a language documentation is to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a given speech community. Linguistic practices and traditions are manifest in two ways: (1) the observable linguistic behavior, manifest in everyday interaction between members of the speech community, and (2) the native speakers&#039; metalinguistic knowledge, manifest in their ability to provide interpretations and systematizations for linguistic units and events. This definition of the aim of a language documentation differs fundamentally from the aim of language descriptions: a language description aims at the record of A LANGUAGE, with &quot;language&quot; being understood as a system of abstract elements, constructions, and rules that constitute the invariant underlying structure of the utterances observable in a speech community.&quot;&#039;&#039; (Himmelmann 1998:166) <br /> <br /> ===Reference===<br /> *Himmelmann, Nikolaus. 1998. Documentary and descriptive linguistics. &#039;&#039;Linguistics&#039;&#039; 36. 161-195.<br /> <br /> ===Other languages===<br /> German [[Sprachdokumentation]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Language description|Language description]]</div>

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