Paul Newman / Martha Ratliff (eds.)

Linguistic Fieldwork

Herausgeber: Newman, Paul; Ratliff, Martha

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Topics include the linguist's attitude, the work session and the roles of native speakers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521669375
• ISBN-10: 0521669375
• Artikelnr.: 21518657

Autorenporträt

Paul Newman is Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Director of the West African Languages Institute at Indiana University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Paul Newman and Martha Ratliff
1. Fieldwork as a state of mind Larry M. Hyman
2. Who shapes the record: the speaker and the linguist Marianne Mithun
3. Places and people: field sites and informants Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
4. Ulwa (Southern Sumu): the beginnings of a language research project Ken Hale
5. Escaping Eurocentrism: fieldwork as a process of unlearning David Gil
6. Surprises in Sutherland: linguistic variability amidst social uniformity Nancy C. Dorian
7. The role of text collection and elicitation in linguistic fieldwork Shobhana L. Chelliah
8. Monolingual field research Daniel L. Everett
9. The give and take of fieldwork: noun classes and other concerns in Fatick, Senegal Fiona McLaughlin and Thierno Seydou Sall
10. Phonetic Fieldwork Ian Maddieson
11. Learning as one goes Keren Rice
12. The last speaker is dead - long live the last speaker! Nicholas Evans.