A growing list of references for the class on Documentary linguistics, first semester, prof. Nicole Nau
- Portals with resources
- Handbooks, collective volumes, encyclopedias
- Language documentation – general issues, overview
- Guide to language archives, examples of documentation projects
- Field work, eliciting (spoken) data
- Transcription and Annotation
Portals, websites, channels with resources
Language Documentation and Conservation. Journal, special publications, conference proceedings.
Language Documentation and Archiving. YouTube channel by ELAR and PARADISEC, started 2022 with presentations from a conference.
Handbooks, collective volumes, encyclopedias
Austin, Peter K. & Sallabank, Julia, eds. 2011. The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Library Novum, J 1.04 II Cambridge]
Chelliah, Shobhana L. & Reuse, Willem J., eds. 2011. Handbook of descriptive linguistic fieldwork. Dordrecht: Springer. [e-book, library]
Furbee-Losee, Louanna & Grenoble, Lenore A. 2010. Language documentation: practice and values. Amsterdam: Benjamins. [e-book, library]
*Gippert, Jost &Himmelmann, Nikolaus & Mosel, Ulrike, eds. 2006. Essentials of language documentation. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. [Library Novum, J 1.04 II Essentials]
Haig, Geoffrey L. J. & Nau, Nicole & Schnell, Stefan & Wegener, Clauda, eds. 2011. Documenting endangered languages. Achievements and perspectives. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton. [e-book, library]
Mihas, Elena & Perley, Bernard & Rei-Doval, Gabriel, eds. 2013. Responses to language endangerment: In honor of Mickey Noonan. New directions in language documentation and language revitalization. Amsterdam: Benjamins. [e-book, library]
Thieberger, Nicholas, ed. 2011. The Oxford handbook of linguistic fieldwork. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Documenting languages – general issues, overview
Austin, Peter K. 2006. Data and language documentation. In Gippert et al., eds., 87-112.
Austin, Peter K. 2014. Language documentation in the 21st centuy. JournaLIPP 3, 57-71. Available at academia.edu.
Berge, Anna. 2010. Adequacy in documentation. In Furbee-Losee & Grenoble, eds., 51-66.
Bird, Steven & Simons, Gary. 2003. Seven dimensions of portability for language documentation and description. Language 79.3, 557-582. [e-journal, library]
Buszard-Welcher, Laura. 2010. Necessary and sufficient data collection. Lessons from Potawatomi legacy documentation. In Furbee-Losee & Grenoble, eds., 67-74.
Dobrin, Lise M. & Berson, Josh. 2011. Speakers and language documentation. In Austin & Sallabank, eds., 187-211.
Furbee, Louanna. 2010. Position paper: Language documentation. Theory and practice. In Furbee-Losee & Grenoble, eds., 3-24.
Good, Jeff. 2011. Data and language documentation. In Austin & Sallabank, eds., 212-234.
Grenoble, Leonore. 2010. Language documentation and field linguistics: The state of the field. In Furbee-Losee & Grenoble, eds., 289-309.
Grenoble, Leonore. 2013. Unanswered questions in language documentation and revitalization: New directions for research and action. In Mihas et al., eds., 43-57.
Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. 1998. Documentary and descriptive linguistics. Linguistics 36(1): 161-95.
Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. 2006. Language documentation: What is it and what is it good for? In Gippert et al., eds., 1-30.
Johnson, Heidi. 2004. Language documentation and archiving, or how to build a better corpus. Language Documentation and Description, ed. Peter K. Austin, vol. 2, 140-153. London: SOAS. Available at: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/026.
Klessa, Katarzyna. 2014. Language documentation. Languages in Danger, Book of Knowledge, Chapter 10. Online at: http://languagesindanger.eu/book-of-knowledge/language-documentation/
Maxwell, Judith M. 2010. Training graduate students and community members for native language documentation. In Furbee-Losee & Grenoble, eds., 255-274.
Mithun, Marianne. 2013. What can revitalization work teach us about language documentation? In Mihas et al., eds., 21-41.
Perley, Bernard C. 2012. Zombie Linguistics: Experts, endangered languages and the curse of undead Voices. Anthropological Forum 22.2, 133-149.
Rice, Keren. 2010. The linguist’s responsibility to the community of speakers. Community based research. In Furbee-Losee & Grenoble, eds., 25-36.
Seidel, Frank 2016. Documentary linguistics: A language philology of the 21st century. Language Documentation and Description, ed. Peter K. Austin, vol. 13, 23-63. London: SOAS. Available at: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/146.
Thieberger, Nick. 2016. Documentary linguistics: Methodological challenges and innovatory responses. Applied Linguistics 37.1, 88-99. [e-journal, library]
Woodbury, Anthony. 2003. Defining documentary linguistics. In P. Austin, ed. Language documentation and description. Volume 1, 35–51. London: School of Oriental & African Studies. Online at: http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/01/ldd01_05.pdf
Woodbury, Anthony C. 2011. Language documentation. In Austin & Sallabank, eds., 157-186.
Guide to language archives, examples of documentations
Drude, Sebastian & Trilsbeek, Paul & Broeder, Daan. 2012. Language documentation and digital humanities: The (DoBeS) language archive. Conference abstract, Digital Humanities 2012, Hamburg. http://www.dh2012.uni-hamburg.de/conference/programme/abstracts/language-documentation-and-digital-humanities-the-dobes-language-archive.1.html
Nathan, David. 2014. Access and accessibility at ELAR, an archive for endangered languages documentation. Language Documentation and Description, ed. David Nathan & Peter K. Austin, vol. 12 (Special Issue on Language Documentation and Archiving), 187-208. London: SOAS. Available at: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/146.
Wittenburg, Peter. 2003. The DOBES model of language documentation. Language Documentation and Description, ed. Peter K. Austin, vol. 1, 122-139. London: SOAS. Available at: http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/01/ldd01_10.pdf
Field work, elicitation of spoken language data
Grinevald C (2003). Speakers and documentation of endangered languages. In P. Austin, ed., Language documentation and description. Volume 1, 52–72. London: School of Oriental & African Studies.
Chelliah, Shobhana L. & Reuse, Willem J., eds. 2011. Handbook of descriptive linguistic fieldwork. Dordrecht: Springer. [e-book, library]
Crowley, Terry & Thieberger, Nick. 2007. Field Linguistics: A Beginner’s Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [e-book, library]
Lüpke, Frederike. 2010. Research methods in language documentation. In Austin, Peter K. (ed.), Language documentation and description, vol 7, 55-104. London: SOAS. https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/12416/1/Luepke_2010_LDD_7.pdf
Mosel, Ulrike. 2006. Fieldwork and community language work. In Gippert et al., eds., 67-85.
Thomason, Sarah G. 2013. How to avoid pitfalls in documenting endangered languages. In Mihas et al., eds., 79-93.
Vaux, Bert A. & Cooper, Justin &. 1999. Introduction to Linguistic Field Methods. München: Lincom. [Library Novum, J 1.03 II Vaux B.]
Transcription and Annotation
- Himmelmann, Nikolaus. 2006. The challenges of segmenting spoken language (in: Essentials of Language Documentation)
- Nagy, Naomi & Sharma, Devyani. 2013. Transcription. In: Podesva & Sharma, eds. Research Methods in Linguistics.
- Schultze-Berndt, Eva. 2006. Linguistic annotation (in: Essentials of Language Documentation)
Transcription systems (CA, GAT)
- Dresing, Thorsten & Pehl, Thorsten & Schmieder, Christian. 2015. Manual (on) Transcription. Transcription Conventions, Software Guides and Practical Hints for Qualitative Researchers. 3rd English Edition. Marburg. Available at: http://www.audiotranskription.de/english/transcription-practicalguide.htm
- Hepburn, Alexa & Bolden, Galina B. 2013. The conversation analytic approach to transcription. In Sidnell, J. & Stivers, T., eds. Blackwell Handbook of Conversation Analysis, 57-76. Oxford: Blackwell. [e-book, library]
- Jefferson, Gail. 2004a. Glossary of transcript symbols with an introduction. In G. H. Lerner (Ed.), Conversation analysis: Studies from the first generation, 13-31. Philadelphia: John Benjamims.
- Selting, Margret et al. 2009. Gesprächsanalytisches Transkriptionssystem 2 (GAT 2). Gesprächsforschung – Online-Zeitschrift zur verbalen Interaktion, 10, 353-402. Online at: www.gespraechsforschung-ozs.de (also at: http://agd.ids-mannheim.de)