Language documentation efforts are underway at Carleton. Faculty members in the field of Linguistics are currently undertaking research in many corners of the world.
“The aim of a language documentation is to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a given speech community.”
(Himmelmann, Nikolaus. 1998. Documentary and Descriptive linguistics. Linguistics 36. 161-195.)
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