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This handbook provides the most comprehensive reference on linguistic fieldwork on the market bringing together all the reader needs to carry out successful linguistic fieldwork. The book is based on the experiences of two veteran linguistic fieldworkers and advice from more than twenty active fieldwork researchers. They provide an encyclopedic review of current publications on linguistic fieldwork and offer a unique survey of past and present approaches and solutions to problems in the field. They also examine the historical, political, and social variables correlating with fieldwork in different areas of the world. The book includes information omitted in most other texts on the subject, such as the collection, representation, management, and methods of extracting grammatical information from discourse and conversational data. Extensive practical fieldwork tips are provided, as well as a handy sketch of major typological features for use in linguistic analysis.

Linguistics -- Fieldwork. --- Linguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Fieldwork --- Methodology --- Linguistics. --- Linguistics, general. --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Language and languages

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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

Linguistics --- Languages, Modern --- Fieldwork --- Study and teaching --- Linguistique --- Méthodologie --- Recherche sur le terrain --- Fieldwork. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- General. --- Languages, modern --- Language arts & disciplines --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Language and languages --- Foreign languages --- Languages, Foreign --- Languages, Living --- Living languages --- Modern languages --- Recherche sur le terrain. --- Linguistics - Fieldwork --- Languages, Modern - Study and teaching - Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Méthodologie