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).
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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.
Perspectives on grammar writing.
Language and languages-- Grammars-- Authorship.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Composition & Creative Writing.