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LIP May 2010
Topic Discussion of grammar writing and what a good descriptive grammar should include, led by Yvonne Treis, La Trobe University Postdoctoral Fellow RCLT
Date Tuesday 18th May
Time 7:00 pm
Venue Prince Alfred Hotel, 191 Grattan St, Carlton (corner of Bouverie St); ph (03) 9347-3033
Food and drinks available at the venue.
Contact Ruth Singer if you have any questions <rsinger [AT] unimelb.edu.au>
Background
Some of the questions to be considered are:
- What should a good descriptive grammar include?
- How should the content be presented?
- What makes a grammar good (or bad)?
Suggested background reading (links and downloads):
Mosel, Ulrike 2006. Grammaticography: The art and craft of writing grammars. In: Catching Language. The Standing Challenge of Grammar Writing, edited by Ameka, Felix K.; Dench, Alan; Evans, Nicholas. Berlin, New York (Mouton de Gruyter) 2006.
Nordhoff, S. 2008. "Electronic reference grammars for typology -- challenges and solutions". Journal for Language Documentation and
Conservation 2(2):296-324.
Thieberger, Nicholas. 2009. Steps toward a grammar embedded in data. In: Epps, Patricia and Alexandre Arkhipov. (eds.) New
Challenges in Typology: Transcending the Borders and Refining the Distinctions. Berlin ; New York, NY : Mouton de Gruyter Mouton. 389-408.