Linguistic Fieldwork : A Practical Guide

Linguistic Fieldwork Is A Practical Guide To All The Steps In Linguistic Fieldwork, From Planning Where To Work To Applying For Funding, From The First Session On A New Language To Writing Up The Data, From Turning On The Recorder To Depositing The Recordings In An Archive. Claire Bowern Provides A Realistic Account Of The Process Of Linguistic Fieldwork. Doing Field Research Is Not Liking Working In The Lab With Chemicals: Both The Field Worker And Their Consultants Are Real People Who Interact In Complex Ways. This Book Is A Guide To Conducting That Interaction In Order To Produce Research Which Benefits Not Only The Linguistic Community But Also Language Speakers. Given The Rapidity Of Decline In Global Linguistic Diversity, The Next 30 Years Will Be Crucial For Future Knowledge Of Languages All Over The World.--book Jacket. Technology In The Field -- Starting To Work On A Language -- Data Organization And Archiving -- Fieldwork On Phonetics And Phonology -- Eliciting: Basic Morphology And Syntax -- Further Morphology And Syntax -- Lexical And Semantic Data -- Discourse, Pragmatics And Narrative Data -- Consultants And Field Locations -- Ethical Field Research -- Grant Application Writing -- Working With Existing Materials -- Fieldwork Results. Claire Bowern. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 231-241) And Index. "Linguistic Fieldwork is a practical guide to all the steps in linguistic fieldwork, from planning where to work to applying for funding, from the first session on a new language to writing up the data, from turning on the recorder to depositing the recordings in an archive. Claire Bowern provides a realistic account of the process of linguistic fieldwork. Doing field research is not liking working in the lab with chemicals : both the field worker and their consultants are real people who interact in complex ways. This book is a guide to conducting that interaction in order to produce research which benefits not only the linguistic community but also language speakers. Given the rapidity of decline in global linguistic diversity, the next 30 years will be crucial for future knowledge of languages all over the world."--Résumé de l'éditeur Linguistic Fieldwork is a practical guide to all the steps in linguistic fieldwork, from planning where to work to applying for funding, from the first session on a new language to writing up the data, from turning on the recorder to depositing the recordings in an archive: Claire Bowern provides a realistic account of the process of linguistic fieldwork. Doing field research isn't like working in the lab with chemicals: both the field worker and their consultants are real people who interact in complex ways. This book is a guide to conducting that interaction in order to produce research which benefits not only the linguistic community, but also language speakers. Given the rapidity of decline in global linguistic diversity, the next 30 years will be crucial for future knowledge of languages all over the world Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-15 Technology in the Field....Pages 16-33 Starting to Work on a Language....Pages 34-46 Data Organization and Archiving....Pages 47-62 Fieldwork on Phonetics and Phonology....Pages 63-72 Eliciting: Basic Morphology and Syntax....Pages 73-92 Further Morphology and Syntax....Pages 93-106 Lexical and Semantic Data....Pages 107-114 Discourse, Pragmatics and Narrative Data....Pages 115-124 Consultants and Field Locations....Pages 125-147 Ethical Field Research....Pages 148-169 Grant Application Writing....Pages 170-183 Working with Existing Materials....Pages 184-192 Fieldwork Results....Pages 193-210 Back Matter....Pages 211-253 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.