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Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
ISBN 10: 0199284342ISBN 13: 9780199284344
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Crowley's voice of experience brings us the best practical fieldwork guide to date. Sensible, frank, and comprehensive, this book prepares beginning field workers for the rigours ahead and will save years of costly trial and error. N. J. EnfieldThis book is a comprehensive, practical guide to field linguistics. It deals in particular with the problems arising from the documentation of endangered languages. Deploying amixture of methodology and practical advice and drawing on his own immense experience, Terry Crowley shows how to record, analyse, and describe a language in the field. He covers the challenges and problems theresearcher is likely to encounter, offers guidance on issues ranging from ethics to everyday diplomacy, and provides full discussions of corpus elicitation, how to keep track of data, salvage fieldwork, dealing with unexpected circumstances, and many other central topics. "We all learn by our mistakes," he writes, "and I have plenty of my own to share with you." Serving as a practical guide to field linguistics, this book deals with the problems arising from the documentation of endangered languages. It shows how to record, analyse, and describe a language in the field; and covers the challenges and problems the researcher is likely to encounter. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
ISBN 10: 0199284342ISBN 13: 9780199284344
Da: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Crowley's voice of experience brings us the best practical fieldwork guide to date. Sensible, frank, and comprehensive, this book prepares beginning field workers for the rigours ahead and will save years of costly trial and error. N. J. EnfieldThis book is a comprehensive, practical guide to field linguistics. It deals in particular with the problems arising from the documentation of endangered languages. Deploying amixture of methodology and practical advice and drawing on his own immense experience, Terry Crowley shows how to record, analyse, and describe a language in the field. He covers the challenges and problems theresearcher is likely to encounter, offers guidance on issues ranging from ethics to everyday diplomacy, and provides full discussions of corpus elicitation, how to keep track of data, salvage fieldwork, dealing with unexpected circumstances, and many other central topics. "We all learn by our mistakes," he writes, "and I have plenty of my own to share with you." Serving as a practical guide to field linguistics, this book deals with the problems arising from the documentation of endangered languages. It shows how to record, analyse, and describe a language in the field; and covers the challenges and problems the researcher is likely to encounter. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.