This is a practical guide to all aspects of linguistic fieldwork. It not only discusses techniques for working on the phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse of an undescribed language, but also considers field technology, grant application preparation, ethical research methods and problems which might arise when in the field.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction Technology in the Field Starting to Work on a Language Data Organisation and Archiving Fieldwork on Phonetics and Phonology Eliciting: Basic Morphology and Syntax Further Morphology and Syntax Lexical and Semantic Data and Dictionary Making Discourse, Pragmatics and Narrative Data Consultants and Field Locations Ethical Field Research Grant Application Writing Working with Existing Materials Fieldwork Results Appendices References Index
About the author
CLAIRE BOWERN is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Rice University, USA and a member of the Australian National University’s Centre for Research on Language Change. Her primary areas of research are language documentation/description and historical linguistics, particularly in Northern Australia.
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