After generations of exploitation, Indigenous people often respond negatively to the idea that
their languages are data ready for the taking. By treating Indigenous knowledge as a …

Much attention has been focused on the survival of Indigenous languages in recent years.
Many, particularly anthropologists and linguists, anticipate the demise of the majority of …

This book offers a highly accessible introduction to natural language processing, the field
that supports a variety of language technologies, from predictive text and email filtering to …

The past decades have seen substantial growth in digital data on the world's languages. At
the same time, the demand for cross-linguistic datasets has been increasing, as witnessed …

Linguistic Fieldwork offers practical guidance on areas such as applying for funding, the first
session on a new language, writing up the data and returning materials to communities. This …

Looking for an easy-to-use, practical guide to conducting fieldwork in sociolinguistics? This
invaluable textbook will give you the skills and knowledge required for carrying out research …

This paper shows the actual state of development of the manual annotation tool ELAN. It
presents usage requirements from three different groups of users and how one annotation …

The next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and
most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the …

This paper is a position statement on reproducible research in linguistics, including data
citation and attribution, that represents the collective views of some 41 colleagues …

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists
and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially …