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Postgraduate Course: Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description (LASC11061)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaLanguage Sciences Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course prepares the participants to collect and analyse data on previously undocumented language phenomena, both in the sound system and in the morphosyntax. These issues are explored through lectures (1 hour per week), elicitation sessions with a native speaker of a language that is completely unfamiliar to the participants (2 hours per week), and weekly readings.

The coursework is relatively demanding: the students themselves are interviewing the native-speaker in the elicitation sessions. This requires a consistent effort in processing elicitation notes of the preceding session and preparing questions for the following session.

The incomplete reading list below gives some insight into the course content:
Gil, David (2001). Escaping Eurocentrism: fieldwork as a process of unlearning. In Paul Newman & Martha Ratliff (eds.). Linguistic Fieldwork. Cambridge University Press, 102-132.
Kutsch-Lojenga, Constance (1996). Participatory research in linguistics. Notes on linguistics 73:13-27. [available from LinguaLinks]
Payne, Thomas E. (1997). Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists. Cambridge University Press.
Vaux, Bert & Justin Cooper (1999). Introduction to linguistic field methods. Lincom Europe.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course aims:
(1) to familiarize the participants with the practice of controlled elicitation and other fieldwork data collection techniques;
(2) to prepare them to independently collect and analyze previously unavailable linguistic data, and to write up the resulting findings.
Assessment Information
- Participation in Elicitation Sessions 40%
- Project Paper (4000+ words) 60%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Albert Remijsen
Tel: (0131 6)50 6657
Email: b.remijsen@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk
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