Perspectives on grammar writing / edited by Thomas E. Payne, David J. Weber.

With over half the languages of the world currently in danger of extinction within a century, the need for high quality grammatical descriptions is more urgent than ever. Potential grammar writers, however, often find themselves paralyzed by the daunting task of describing a language. The papers in...

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Other Authors: Payne, Thomas Edward, 1951-, Weber, David, 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Series:Benjamins current topics ; v. 11.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Perspectives on Grammar Writing; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Introduction; Contextualizing a grammar; Writing grammars for the community; Collective field work: Advantages or disadvantages?; Grammars and the community; From parts of speech to the grammar; Grammar writing for a grammar-reading audience; A grammar as a communicative act or What does a grammatical description really describe?; A typology of good grammars; Thoughts on growing a grammar; The linguistic example; Index; The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT). 
520 |a With over half the languages of the world currently in danger of extinction within a century, the need for high quality grammatical descriptions is more urgent than ever. Potential grammar writers, however, often find themselves paralyzed by the daunting task of describing a language. The papers in the present volume (originally published in Studies in Language 30:2 (2006)) provide suggestions and encouragement - from experienced grammar writers and users - regarding concrete methods for approaching the task of writing a descriptive grammar of a language. Salient "themes" emerging from the pap. 
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