Linguistic fieldwork

Contributor(s): Newman, Paul. (Editor) | Ratliff, Martha Susan. (Editor)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2001Description: xii, 288 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521660491; 9780521660495; 0521669375 (pbk.); 9780521669375Subject(s): LinguisticsDDC classification: 410 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
Fieldwork as a state of mind / Larry M. Hyman -- Who shapes the record : the speaker and the linguist / Marianne Mithun -- Places and people : field sites and informants / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal -- Ulwa (Southern Sumu) : the beginnings of a language research project / Ken Hale -- Escaping Eurocentrism : fieldwork as a process of unlearning / David Gil -- Surprises in Sutherland : linguistic variability amidst social uniformity / Nancy C. Dorian -- The role of text collection and elicitation in linguistic fieldwork / Shobhana L. Chelliah -- Monolingual field research / Daniel L. Everett -- The give and take of fieldwork : noun classes and other concerns in Fatick, Senegal / Fiona McLaughlin and Thierno Seydou Sall -- Phonetic fieldwork / Ian Maddieson -- Learning as one goes / Keren Rice -- The last speaker is dead--long live the last speaker! / Nicholas Evans.
Summary: This collection of original essays on the practice of linguistic fieldwork and language documentation by twelve leading field linguists considers the study of languages in a natural setting. Drawing on extensive research experience, the authors review those techniques that work best in practice, and discuss a variety of relevant topics, including the attitude of the linguist, the structure and content of the work session, the varied roles of native speakers, and the practical and personal challenges of doing research in an unfamiliar environment.
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Fieldwork as a state of mind / Larry M. Hyman --
Who shapes the record : the speaker and the linguist / Marianne Mithun --
Places and people : field sites and informants / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal --
Ulwa (Southern Sumu) : the beginnings of a language research project / Ken Hale --
Escaping Eurocentrism : fieldwork as a process of unlearning / David Gil --
Surprises in Sutherland : linguistic variability amidst social uniformity / Nancy C. Dorian --
The role of text collection and elicitation in linguistic fieldwork / Shobhana L. Chelliah --
Monolingual field research / Daniel L. Everett --
The give and take of fieldwork : noun classes and other concerns in Fatick, Senegal / Fiona McLaughlin and Thierno Seydou Sall --
Phonetic fieldwork / Ian Maddieson --
Learning as one goes / Keren Rice --
The last speaker is dead--long live the last speaker! / Nicholas Evans.

This collection of original essays on the practice of linguistic fieldwork and language documentation by twelve leading field linguists considers the study of languages in a natural setting. Drawing on extensive research experience, the authors review those techniques that work best in practice, and discuss a variety of relevant topics, including the attitude of the linguist, the structure and content of the work session, the varied roles of native speakers, and the practical and personal challenges of doing research in an unfamiliar environment.

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