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9789027200273: Word Hunters: Field Linguists on Fieldwork
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ISBN 10 : 9027200270 ISBN 13 : 9789027200273
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2018

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027200270
ISBN 13 
9789027200273
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
183
Éditeur
Sarvasy Hannah, Forker Diana
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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