LING407-12W (C)
Whole Year 2012
Field Methods
Description
A practical introduction to the means by which linguists obtain raw linguistic data from some language and begin the task of describing and analysing its structure.
This course is an introduction to linguistic field methods – the means by which linguists obtain raw linguistic data from some language and begin the task of describing and analysing its structure. The course gives students the opportunity to put into practice and to refine what they have previously learned about linguistics. This ‘hands-on’ involvement with analysing a language is a bit like the sort of on-the job training that is otherwise hard to come by in academic settings, and the students typically find this course an exciting and enriching experience.
Working on a regular basis with a speaker of a language not previously studied by the class participants, students together analyse the phonology, grammar and vocabulary of the language.
Subject to approval of the Programme Director.
Course Coordinator
Heidi Quinn
Assessment
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Session Management
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10%
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Toolbox Data Management
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10%
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Phonetics/phonology chapter draft
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20%
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Peer review of independent research
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10%
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Independent Research Project
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50%
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Textbooks
Required Texts
Bowern, Claire;
Linguistic fieldwork : a practical guide;
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Recommended Reading
Payne, Thomas E;
Describing morphosyntax: a guide for field linguists;
Cambridge University Press, 1997.
For further information see
School of Social and Political Sciences.
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