Linguistic Fieldwork: A Student Guide (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover

Sakel, Jeanette; Everett, Daniel L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521837278 ISBN 13: 9780521837279

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Authors

Jeanette Sakel is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Daniel L. Everett is Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521837278
• ISBN 13: 9780521837279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192