[RNLD] Field Linguistics Texts

[Brenda Boerger]

Hello Lesley,



It is by no means an “industry standard,” but you might be interested in
having a look at a book colleagues and I just published on line.



Boerger, Brenda H., Stephen N. Self, Sarah Ruth Moeller, and D. Will
Reiman. 2016.  Language and Culture Documentation Manual. LeanPub first
edition.
https://leanpub.com/languageandculturedocumentationmanual



It is only $15 (or $7.50 if you pay the minimum) and once subscribed all
the updates on the first edition are free.



We put it up as a draft in June and it is in quite a bit better shape now.



There are recommendations for equipment and why which helps since Samarin’s
text (which I used as an undergrad ever so many years ago) would have been
talking about reel-to-reel tapes, as I recall. Of course, I do still have
my copy.



Other good texts used in a Field Methods class I helped teach:



Bowern, Claire. 2008. Linguistic fieldwork: A practical guide. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan.

·         The website for the book can be found at
*http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bowern/fieldwork/
<http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Ebowern/fieldwork/>*.

Crowley, Terry. 2007. Field linguistics: A beginner’s guide. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.

Newman, Paul and Martha Ratliff, eds. 2001. Linguistic fieldwork.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.



And there are corrections and extra materials at the Bowern link.



Hope you find what you need.

~Brenda



*From:* Lesley Woods [mailto:lhwoods1 at bigpond.com]
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:18 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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