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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2026
Documentary linguistics is new and distinctive enough that some linguists and other participants in academic reviews may be uncertain about how to assess its outputs. We recommend specific strategies for assessing documentary linguistic scholarship in academic review contexts, based on a brief description of the field for the benefit of colleagues in other areas.
For helpful comments on a draft of this paper we thank Christine Beier, Andrea Berez-Kroeker, Sandra Chung, Andries Coetzee, Colleen M. Fitzgerald, Larry M. Hyman, Sharon Inkelas, Edwin Ko, Raksit T. Lau-Preechathammarach, Brook Lillehaugen, Marianne Mithun, Julia Nee, Catherine O'Connor, Zachary O'Hagan, Hannah Sande, Amalia Skilton, Tony Woodbury, and two anonymous Language referees.