Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork - Paperback

by Felicity Meakins (Author), Jennifer Green (Author), Myfany Turpin (Author)

Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical introduction to research methods used in field linguistics. This book is essential reading for students studying modules relating to linguistic fieldwork or those looking to embark upon field research.

Author Biography

Felicity Meakins is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. She specialises in the documentation of Australian languages in the Victoria River District in northern Australia and the effect of English on Indigenous languages.

Jennifer Green is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Her main research interests are descriptive linguistics, lexicography, multimodality in narrative practices and sign language.

Myfany Turpin is a Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. Her research is in descriptive linguistics, poetry, song, ethnobiology and language revitalization.