Linguistic Field Methods approaches the elicitation of linguistic data from native speaker informants in a novel and engaging manner. The authors follow introductory chapters surveying the general enterprise of field research with chapters exploring methods of eliciting data in eight major areas of current linguistic interest: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and dialectology, and historical linguistics.
Introduction to Linguistic Field Methods
Non Aboriginal material.
These two volumes present the methodology and results of an international research project on second language acquisition by adult immigrants.
The Methodology of Field Investigations in Linguistics: Setting Up the Problem. ... Oakland: Annual Winter Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. ... Surviving Linguistics: A Guide for Graduate Students.
"The first edition of this Handbook is built on surveys by well-known figures from around the world and around the intellectual world, reflecting several different theoretical predilections, balancing coverage of enduring questions and ...
Burling, R. (1966). The metrics of children's verse: A cross-linguistic study. American Anthropologist, 68(6), 1418–1441. Dell, F., & Elmedlaoui, M. (2008). Poetic meter and musical form in Tashlhiyt Berber songs. Cologne: Köppe.
American Anthropologist (Special Issue), ed. by John J. Gumperz and Dell Hymes, 66(6), II, 137–153. ... Ken Hale and Australian Languages, ed. by Jane Simpson, David Nash, Mary Laughren, Peter Austin and Barry Alpher, 19–28.
This book covers a huge range of methods used by anthropologists in the study of culture.
A comprehensive guide to conducting research projects in linguistics, this book provides a complete training in state-of-the-art data collection, processing, and analysis techniques.
A handy beginner's guide to linguistic fieldwork - from the preparation of the work to the presentation of the results.