The endangered languages crisis is widely acknowledged among scholars who deal with
languages and indigenous peoples as one of the most pressing problems facing humanity …

In recent years, there has been a growing focus in linguistics on community-based research.
In this paper, I summarize how community-based research is defined, and then address …

We must not rely only on our 'scientific'definitions, such as mutual intelligibility and shared
literary norms, in deciding what should be recognised as a language. This is fundamentally …

Documentary linguists aspiring to conduct socially responsible research find themselves
immersed in a literature on 'collaborative methods' that does not address some of the most …

The past fifteen years have seen the emergence of a new sub-field of linguistics that has
been termed 'language documentation'or 'documentary linguistics'(Himmelmann 1998 …

Collaboration has become a hot topic in the field of language documentation, with many
authors insisting that lone wolf research is unethical research. We take issue with the …

This book advocates for a new model of describing the practices of language revitalization,
and decolonizing the research methods used to study them. The volume provides a …

Mavea is a severely endangered Oceanic language spoken by about 32 people in northern
Vanuatu, on the east coast of Espiritu Santo. Although a lot still remains to be discovered …

In this paper I explore and contrast the multiple positions available to me as a linguist, both
within the academy and in the communities where I do fieldwork. These domains make quite …

As I set out to research and write a book on language and social justice during the COVID-
19 pandemic, I was reminded daily through my consumption of the media of the importance …