29.1363, Books: Word Hunters: Sarvasy, Forker (eds.)

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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:08:37
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Word Hunters: Sarvasy, Forker (eds.)

 


Title: Word Hunters 
Subtitle: Field linguists on fieldwork 
Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 194  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/slcs.194 


Editor: Hannah Sarvasy
Editor: Diana Forker

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027264442 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027264442 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027264442 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027200273 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027200273 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027200273 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

In "Word Hunters", eleven distinguished linguists reflect on their
career-spanning linguistic fieldwork. Over decades, each has repeatedly stood
up to physical, intellectual, interpersonal, intercultural, and sometimes
political challenges in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. These
scholar-explorers have enlightened the world to the inner workings of
languages in remote communities of Africa (West, East, and South), Amazonia,
the Arctic, Australia, the Caucasus, Oceania, Siberia, and East Asia. They
report some linguistic eureka moments, but also discuss cultural missteps,
illness, and the other challenges of pursuing linguistic data in extreme
circumstances. They write passionately about language death and their
responsibilities to speech communities. The stories included here—the stuff of
departmental and family legends—are published publicly for the first time.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     History of Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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