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Riesberg, Sonja ORCID: 0000-0002-0252-0910, Reinöhl, Uta ORCID: 0000-0003-2829-682X and Hellwig, Birgit ORCID: 0000-0003-4696-0827, eds. (2026). The Documentarist Turn. From observable linguistic behaviour to typological generalizations. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 978-90-272-4388-1

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Abstract

The documentarist turn, i.e., the growing impact of documentary concepts and practices within general linguistics, has increased awareness of the empirical foundations of our discipline, accompanied by an appreciation of the value of observable linguistic behaviour. Today, there exist well-annotated, audiovisual data collections for many—if still far from enough—endangered or un(der)described languages across the world, each striving to present a “lasting, multipurpose record of a language” (Himmelmann 2006). Documentary data is increasingly supporting theory-building on a larger scale, which is where the present volume steps in: What does the shift towards more diverse, ecologically valid data types mean for synchronic and diachronic linguistic analyses and typological generalizations? This question is addressed by this volume’s far-ranging contributions on academic and societal affordances (Part I), interrelations between corpus design and avenues of research (Part II), as well as synchronic (Part III) and diachronic (Part IV) research questions.

Item Type:	Book
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Riesberg, Sonja UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0252-0910 UNSPECIFIED Reinöhl, Uta UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2829-682X UNSPECIFIED Hellwig, Birgit UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-0827 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-813670
Identification Number:	10.1075/slcs.240
Series Name:	Studies in Language Companion Series
Volume:	240
Number of Pages:	909
Date:	7 May 2026
Publisher:	John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN:	978-90-272-4388-1
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, Digital Humanities > Institut für Linguistik (IfL) > Abteilung Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ASW)
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
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['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	Publikationsfonds UzK
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/81367