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 in | Language documentation and conservation Vol. 8; pp. 251 - 261 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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National Foreign Language Resources Center at University of Hawaii
2014
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1934-5275 1934-5275 |