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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Documentary linguistics&#039;&#039;&#039; is a subdiscipline of <a href="/index.php/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguistics</a> that aims to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a <a href="/index.php?title=Speech_community&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Speech community (page does not exist)">speech community</a>. :::*&#039;...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Documentary linguistics''' is a subdiscipline of [[linguistics]] that aims to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a [[speech community]].<br /> <br /> :::*''&quot;The aim of a language documentation is to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a given speech community... This... differs fundamentally from... language description [which] aims at the record of a language... as a system of abstract elements, constructions, and rules.&quot;'' (Himmelmann 1998:161-195)<br /> <br /> ===Reference===<br /> <br /> *Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. 1998. Documentary and descriptive linguistics. ''Linguistics'' 36.161-195.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:General]]</div>

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