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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828500903321

Autore

Crowley Terry

Titolo

Field linguistics [[electronic resource] ] : a beginner's guide / / Terry Crowley ; edited and prepared for publication by Nick Thieberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-04299-3

1-281-14925-X

0-19-153636-9

9786611149253

1-4294-7057-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 202 p. ) : maps

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

ThiebergerNick

Disciplina

410.7/2

Soggetti

Linguistics - Fieldwork

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Field Linguistics: Why Bother?; 2. Ethical Issues; 3. Getting Started; 4. Gathering Your Data; 5. Beyond Elicitation; 6. Problems and Pitfalls; 7. Salvage Fieldwork; References

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive, practical guide to field linguistics, this book deals in particular with the problems arising from the documentation of endangered languages. Crowley shows how to prepare for that task, and how to record, analyse, and describe languages in the field.