I am a Linguist ：With a foreword by Peter Matthews ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：With a foreword by Peter Matthews

Publication series ：1

Author： Dixon   R. M. W.  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9789004195172

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004192355

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004192355

Subject： H0 Linguistics

Language： ENG

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Description

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 universities today.

Chapter

I am a Linguist

pp.：  2 – 4

Contents

pp.：  5 – 5

List of plates

pp.：  6 – 7

foreword

pp.：  8 – 9

Preface

pp.：  10 – 10

Skeleton

pp.：  11 – 14

1 A day in the field

pp.：  15 – 36

2 W hat is linguistics?— a journey of discovery

pp.：  37 – 54

3 Getting there

pp.：  55 – 80

4 Discography, and a bit of fiction

pp.：  81 – 95

5 Into the field

pp.：  96 – 107

6 Frustration and fulfilment

pp.：  108 – 140

7 The role of universities

pp.：  141 – 164

8 M ore lovely fieldwork,and some comparison

pp.：  165 – 177

9 T he science of linguistics, and other approaches to the study of language

pp.：  178 – 200

10 Fijian, English and some novels

pp.：  201 – 224

11 Academic standards

pp.：  225 – 253

12 The delegate from Tasmania

pp.：  254 – 274

13 Into the Amazonian jungle

pp.：  275 – 300

14 God and Magog in Brazil

pp.：  301 – 323

15 A productive partnership

pp.：  324 – 344

16 Living a life

pp.：  345 – 360

solutions to problemsfrom the end of chapter 6

pp.：  361 – 364

Bibliography

pp.：  365 – 387

Index

pp.：  388 – 412

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