Oxford Studies in Endangered Languages

A new series from Oxford University Press

General editor: Stephen Anderson, Yale University

Advisory editors: W.F.H. Adelaar, University of Leiden; Peter Austin, School of Oriental and African Studies; Jonathan David Bobaljik, University of Connecticut; Claire Bowern, Yale University; David Bradley, La Trobe University; Sandra Chung, University of California, Santa Cruz; Alice Harris, Stony Brook University; K. David Harrison, Swarthmore College; Larry Hyman, University of California, Berkeley; Christian Lehmann, University of Erfurt; Osahito Miyaoka, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig; Pamela Munro, University of California, Los Angeles.

This series aims to support the publication of theoretically informed work on endangered languages and to address concerns associated with language loss and documentation. Within a manageable scope of 250-300 printed pages, its authors will focus on unusual linguistic phenomena and their theoretical significance. They will typically combine partial descriptions of one or more languages with sophisticated linguistic analysis, the latter aiming to uncover and assess the significance of the former. It is hoped that the books will both contribute to the role endangered languages play in understanding the diversity of the human language faculty and act as correctives to unfounded generalization.

The series is administered by Professor Stephen Anderson assisted by an editorial board of established scholars. Manuscripts considered for inclusion will also be subject to independent review. The series invites proposals from linguists of all theoretical persuasions.