LING 686: Special Topics in Linguistics

LING 686-001: Field Methods
(Fall 2022)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M

Innovation Hall 323

Section Information for Fall 2022

Students in this course will learn about linguistic fieldwork for language documentation and description and its place in linguistic theory and practice. Students will learn how to carry out linguistic fieldwork with a speaker of another language and how to undertake original research with the resulting language data. Throughout the class, we will focus not just on the mechanics and theories behind linguistic fieldwork, but on the ethics of conducting this type of research and best practices for how to interact with speakers and communities, and for how to collect, store, and archive language data. 

We will meet with our language speaker almost every week with the goal of developing a basic grammatical sketch of the language, and you will also meet with the speaker outside of class time to pursue your own research questions.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Detailed advanced study of selected area of linguistics. Notes: Content varies. May be repeated for credit with permission of department. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 12 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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