期刊
JOURNAL OF CHILD LANGUAGE
卷 48, 期 3, 页码 454-479出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000920000318
关键词
documentation; indigenous languages; acquisition toolkit
资金
- Organization of American States
- Wenner Gren Foundation
- National Science Foundation [BCS-0613120, BCS-0515120, BCS-1360874]
- University of Kansas
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia of Mexico [CB105596, CB4639-H, CB27893-H]
- Programa de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico [IN401207]
This paper highlights the importance of documenting linguistic diversity and outlines the necessary steps for achieving this goal, emphasizing the need for collaborative efforts among researchers.
The outstanding property of human language is its diversity, and yet acquisition data is only available for three percent of the world's 6000+ spoken languages. Due to the rapid pace of language loss, it may not be possible to document how children acquire half of the world's indigenous languages in as little as two decades. This loss permanently diminishes the scope of acquisition theory by removing its empirical base. In the face of pervasive language loss, the question of how best to document the language of the last children to acquire indigenous languages assumes critical importance. A collaborative effort by researchers is required to identify the most efficient procedures for documenting children's language, and share them worldwide. This paper makes the case for documenting diversity and outlines steps needed to accomplish this goal.
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