Home›Anthropological and Documentary Linguistics›Language(s) StudiedBrowse ByLanguage(s) StudiedLanguages studied names the specific languages a linguist built their research around. Wikipedia notes that Chomsky's 1957 work "played a major role in remodeling the study of language" itself, grounded in his close analysis of English sentence structure. This dimension lets a visitor find every linguist whose research centered on the same language.FactsLanguage(s) StudiedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCentury Of OriginWell-attested20 CE 1Language(s) StudiedFilter Results8 entriesRoleAllAnthropologist / Linguist (2)Linguist (general) (7)Psycholinguist (2)EraAll1858 (1)1884 (1)1897 (1)1910 (1)1922 (1)1932 (1)1934 (1)1942 (2)NationalityAllUnited States (8)Influenced ByAllEdward Sapir (1)Franz Boas (1)Noam Chomsky (2)Wilhelm von Humboldt (2)Attested From (Year)All1000 BCE (1)301 (1)450 (1)765 (1)1292 (1)1849 (1)Attested To (Year)All300 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory II (1)Category IV (3)ISO 639-3 CodeAlldeu (1)eng (1)heb (1)hin (1)hop (1)iku (1)th (1)Speaker CountAll6780 (1)38,000 (1)170,000 (1)5,000,000 (1)27,000,000 (1)135,000,000 (1)345,000,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)StatusAllLiving (8)ToneAllNot Tonal (4)Tonal (3)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (3)SVO (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareEnglishLanguage(s) Studied2 entriesGermanLanguage(s) Studied1 entryHebrewLanguage(s) Studied1 entryHindiLanguage(s) Studied1 entryHopiLanguage(s) Studied1 entryInuktitutLanguage(s) Studied1 entryNavajoLanguage(s) Studied1 entryThaiLanguage(s) Studied1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Language DocumentationWikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionWhile various linguists had already been practising language documentation during the 20th century, the discipline was established as a specific field within linguistics following a 1998 publication by Nikolaus Himmelmann, which many understand as foundational.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.