Home›Anthropological and Documentary Linguistics›Role›Linguist (general)Browse ByLinguist (general)FactsLinguist (general)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCentury Of OriginWell-attested20 CE 1Linguist (general)Filter Results12 entriesEraAll1858 (1)1884 (1)1897 (1)1910 (1)1922 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1932 (1)1934 (2)1951 (1)1957 (1)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Brazil (1)United States (1)United States (10)Language(s) StudiedAllEnglish (1)German (1)Hindi (1)Hopi (1)Inuktitut (1)Navajo (1)Thai (1)Influenced ByAllEdward Sapir (1)Franz Boas (1)Noam Chomsky (1)Wilhelm von Humboldt (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Alexandra AikhenvaldLinguist (general)Benjamin Lee WhorfLinguist (general)Braj KachruLinguist (general)Daniel EverettLinguist (general)Dell HymesLinguist (general)Edward SapirLinguist (general)Franz BoasLinguist (general)John J. GumperzLinguist (general)Kenneth Locke HaleLinguist (general)Mary HaasLinguist (general)Michael E. KraussLinguist (general)Uriel WeinreichLinguist (general)Sources1. 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.