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I am a linguist /
The story of extended linguistic fieldwork in Aboriginal Australia, Fiji and Amazonia, linked to theoretical study of the nature of human language, also throwing in detective novels, science fiction stories and blues and gospel discography. Interspersed with frank assessment of the role of universit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I am a Linguist; Contents; List of plates; foreword; Preface; Skeleton; 1 A day in the field; 2 W hat is linguistics?- a journey of discovery; 3 Getting there; 4 Discography, and a bit of fiction; 5 Into the field; 6 Frustration and fulfilment; 7 The role of universities; 8 M ore lovely fieldwork, and some comparison; 9 T he science of linguistics, and other approaches to the study of language; 10 Fijian, English and some novels; 11 Academic standards; 12 The delegate from Tasmania; 13 Into the Amazonian jungle; 14 God and Magog in Brazil; 15 A productive partnership
- 16 Living a lifesolutions to problemsfrom the end of chapter 6; Bibliography; Index