Abstract Commonly recommended methods for documenting endangered languages are built around the assumption that a given documentary project will focus on a single language rather than a multilingual ecology. This hinders the potential usability of documentary materials for the study of language contact. Research in domains such as ethnography and sociolinguistics has developed conceptual and analytical tools for understanding patterns of multilingual usage, but the insights of such work have yet to be translated into concrete recommendations for enhancements to documentary practice. This paper considers how standard documentary approaches can be adapted to multilingual contexts with respect to activities such as the collection of metadata, the use of ethnographic methods, and the recording and annotation of naturalistic multilingual discourse. A particular focus of the discussion are ways in which documentary projects can create better records of multilingual practices even if these are not the focus of the work. 
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                            Building an Inclusive Big Tent for Methods: Invitation to a Community of Practice Where the Methods Belong to All of Us
                        
                    - Award ID(s):
- 2017491
- PAR ID:
- 10528058
- Publisher / Repository:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Practicing Anthropology
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0888-4552
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 84 to 87
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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