[RNLD] Field Linguistics Texts

Lauren Gawne lauren.gawne at gmail.com
Fri Aug 19 02:32:36 EDT 2016


Hi Leslie,

There is also:

Chelliah, Shobhana L., & De Reuse, Willem J. (2011). Handbook of
descriptive linguistic fieldwork. London: Springer.

The book is broader than would be needed for a field methods class, but it
is usefully comprehensive.

Cheers,

Lauren


On 19 August 2016 at 02:36, Nicholas Evans <nicholas.evans at anu.edu.au>
wrote:

> Hi all, I think Samarin's manual is well and truly out of date. There are
> short, readable monographs by Terry Crowley and by Claire Bowern, the
> excellent collection of chapters in Ratliff & Newman ('Linguistic
> Fieldwork'), and most recently the OUP publication edited by Nick
> Thieberger, which emphasises the interdisciplinary nature of linguistic
> fieldwork. Finally, though it doesn't bear the title 'fieldwork', the
> collection of chapters on language documentation in Gippert, Himmelmann and
> Mosel (2006) remains an excellent source.
>
>
> Best Nick Evans, CoEDL, ANU
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Lesley Woods <lhwoods1 at bigpond.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 18, 2016 12:18:22 PM
> *To:* 'RNLD list'
> *Subject:* [RNLD] Field Linguistics Texts
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
>
>
> Is anyone able to tell me what text/s on linguistic field work are being
> most commonly used these days?  Keren Rice (2006) says that Samarin’s
> classic book  “Field Linguistics: A Guide to Linguistic Fieldwork” is the
> best known text and had not been replaced as of 2006. I was wondering if
> anything has been published since and what is most commonly used these days?
>
>
>
> Cheers Lesley Woods
>
>
>
>
>
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