Language Documentation in the Americas

In the last decades, the documentation of endangered languages has advanced greatly in the Americas. In this paper we survey the role that international funding programs have played in advancing documentation in this part of the world, with a particular focus on the growth of documentation in Brazil...

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Published inLanguage documentation and conservation Vol. 8; pp. 251 - 261
Main Authors Franchetto, Bruna, Rice, Keren
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published National Foreign Language Resources Center at University of Hawaii 2014
Subjects
American Indian Languages
Brazil
Documentation
Financial Support
Foreign Countries
Language Research
Language Skill Attrition
Program Descriptions
Research Methodology
Role
Workshops
Brazil
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Summary:In the last decades, the documentation of endangered languages has advanced greatly in the Americas. In this paper we survey the role that international funding programs have played in advancing documentation in this part of the world, with a particular focus on the growth of documentation in Brazil, and we examine some of the major opportunities and challenges involved in documentation in the Americas, focusing on participatory research models.
ISSN:1934-5275
1934-5275