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Title

Linguistic fieldwork : a student guide / Jeanette Sakel, Daniel L. Everett.

Author

Sakel, Jeanette, 1973-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors

Everett, Daniel L. (Daniel Leonard)

Description

xii, 179 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"A handy beginner's guide, this textbook introduces the various stages of linguistic fieldwork, from the preparation of the work to the presentation of the results. Drawing on over forty years of fieldwork experience between them, in over two dozen languages, the authors pack the book with examples and anecdotes from their experiences and include practical exercises for students to test what they have learned. Independent of any particular perspective, the methods can be applied to a wide range of fieldwork settings, for projects with very different theoretical backgrounds and without the need to travel too far. The book covers 'traditional fieldwork' such as language description and documentation, as well as less typical methods, including language contact and quantitative studies with experiments or questionnaires"--

Series Statement

Cambridge textbooks in linguistics

Uniform Title

Cambridge textbooks in linguistics

Subject

• Linguistics > Fieldwork
• Languages, Modern > Study and teaching > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

Genre/Form

• Handbook
• Handbooks and manuals
• Guides et manuels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: what is linguistic fieldwork?; 2. Fieldwork projects: two examples; 3. The languages; 4. The people; 5. Fieldwork preparation; 6. Fieldwork methods; 7. The outcomes.

ISBN

9780521837279 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2011041742

OCLC

• 757718008
• SCSB-9927609

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library