Linguistic Fieldwork A Student Guide
Linguistic Fieldwork A Student Guide by Jeanette Sakel is an illustrated textbook published by Cambridge University Press on February 2, 2012. This 192-page guide serves as a practical introduction to the various stages of linguistic fieldwork, detailing the preparation and presentation of research results. Drawing on over forty years of combined fieldwork experience across multiple languages, the book provides a wealth of examples and anecdotes, making it accessible for beginners in the field.
Readers will find practical exercises designed to reinforce learning and apply the methods discussed. The book addresses both traditional fieldwork, such as language description and documentation, and less conventional approaches, including language contact and quantitative studies. This comprehensive resource is suitable for a variety of fieldwork settings and theoretical backgrounds, offering insights that do not require extensive travel.
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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.
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