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Field Methods and Fieldwork
___Here you will find the syllabi for courses on linguistic field methods as well as courses on endangered languages and language revitalization. Most of the information has been collected from North American institutions and was submitted in response to the following message that was placed on the Linguist List:
___For some universities, course descriptions alone were available. In such instances, the description is provided. All syllabi are given as a PDF or as a link to the instructor's site. ___If you have instructed or been involved in a course on linguistic field methods or on endangered languages and language revitalization and would like to share your syllabi, please contact us. |
Endangered Languages and Language Revitalization Courses
Location: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Course Name: Seminar in Language (ENG 420) Notes: Taught by Dr. Bonny Sands. For non-linguistic majors. |
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Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Course Name: Languages of the World (LING 101) Notes: As part of that course, minority languages and language endangerment are discussed. |
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Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Course Name: Native Languages of the Americas (LING 433) | Course Description |
Location: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Course Name: Sociolinguistics of endangered languages Notes: Taught by Rusty Barrett. |
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Location: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Course Name: Language and Globalization Notes: Taught by Salikoko S. Mufwene and William Wimsatt. |
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Location: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Course Name: Endangered Languages Notes: Taught by Ekaterina Gruzdeva. |
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Location: University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Course Name: Language and Unity (GTEW 3003) Notes: Taught by Dr. Maya Khemlani David |
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Location: University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA Course Name: Language Shift and Revitalization (ANTH/LIN 4330/5330) Notes: Taught by Aurolyn Luykx. |
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Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Course Name: Language Revitalization (LIN458H1F) Notes: Taught by Keren Rice. Many of the handouts from this course are open to public access. |
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Location: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Program Name: Aboriginal Language Revitalization Certificate Program |
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Field Methods and Fieldwork Courses
Location: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA Course Name: Field Methods (Ling 600 (6600)) Notes: It is open to undergraduates and graduates alike. |
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Location: First Nations University & University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Course Name: Research Methods in Linguistics (Linguistics 380-S01) Notes: Taught by Brent Galloway every winter semester |
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Location: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA Course Name: Sociolinguistic Field Methods (LING-571) |
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Location: Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, Texas, USA Course Name: Field Methods & Linguistic Analysis (AL 5406) Notes: Taught by Dick Watson. |
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Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Course Name: Linguistic Field Methods (LING117R) Notes: Taught by Diane Massam. |
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Location: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Course Name: Field Methods (L431) Notes: Taught by Robert Botne. |
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Location: Linguistics Society of America Summer Institute, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Course Name: Field Methods (LSA 301) |
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Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA Course Name: Linguistic Field Methods (LING 332) Notes: Taught by Jeffrey Lidz |
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Location: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Course Name: Undergraduate Field Methods (550) |
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Location: Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA Course Name: Field Methods (405/507) Notes: Taught by Tucker Childs. |
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Location: Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA Course Name: Linguistic Field Methods I (LING 407/507 (408/508 in Spring)) Notes: Taught by Dr. Claire Bowern. |
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Location: Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA Course Name: Linguistic Field Methods II (LING 407/507 (408/508 in Spring)) Notes: Taught by Dr. Claire Bowern. |
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Location: Rutgers State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Course Name: Field Methods Notes: A Graduate Course offered Spring 2006 taught by Akin Akinlabi and Mark Baker. |
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Location: Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Course Name: Field Methods in Socio-Linguistics I (Soc. 366.1) Notes: Taught by Ronald Cosper. |
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Location: Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Course Name: Field Methods in Socio-Linguistics II (Soc. 367.2) Notes: Taught by Ronald Cosper. |
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Location: San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA Course Name: Field Methods Notes: Taught by Bob Underhill. |
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Location: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, U.K. Program Name: PhD program in Field Linguistics. |
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Location: Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA Course Name: Field Methods (174/274) |
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Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Course Name: Field Methods (Lin 515) Notes: Taught by David Beck. |
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Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Course Name: Fieldmethods in Linguistics (LING 431/531) Notes: Taught by Martina Wiltschko. |
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Location: University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Course Name: Field Methods Notes: Graduate Course |
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Location: University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA Course Name: Field Methods (Lin 221B & C) Notes: Taught by Carol Genetti. 2005 Offering. |
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Location: University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA Course Name: Field Methods (Lin 221A) Notes: Taught by Carol Genetti. 2004 Offering. |
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Location: University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA Course Name: Linguistic Field Methods (Lin 851) Notes: Taught by Peter Cole and Gabriella Hermon. |
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Location: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA Course Name: Field Methods (LIN 6165) |
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Location: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Course Name: Field Methods (Ling 630) Notes: Taught by Kenneth Rehg. |
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Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA Course Name: Linguistic Data Processing (Anth/Ling 740) Notes: Taught by Arienne M. Dwyer. Fall 2003 Offering. |
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Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA Course Name: Field Methods in Linguistic Description (Anth/Ling 741) Notes: Taught by Arienne M. Dwyer. Spring 2004 Offering. |
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Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Course Name: Field Methods in Linguistics I (Ling 5105) |
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Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Course Name: Field Methods in Linguistics II (Ling 5106) |
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Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Course Name: Field Research in Spoken Language (Ling 5462) |
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Location: University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA Course Name: Linguistic Field Methods (LING/ENGL 779/879) Notes: Taught by Naomi Nagy. In the six years that Naomy Nagy has taught this course, the languages worked on have been:
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Location: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Course Name: Linguistic Field Methods (Ling/Anth 413/513) Notes: Taught by Melissa Axelrod. |
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Location: University of Syndey, NSW, Australia Course Name: Field Methods (Lin 3925) Notes: In recent years the field methods class has worked on the following languages:
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Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Course Name: Field Linguistics (LIN 401F) Notes: Taught by Tucker Childs. Fall 1994 Offering. Syllabus contains date error. This syllabus was for a course offering in 1994. |
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Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Course Name: Field Linguistics (LIN 401F) Notes: Taught by Tucker Childs. Fall 1995 Offering. Syllabus contains date error. This syllabus was for a course offering in 1995. |
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Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Course Name: Field Linguistics (JAL 401F/ JAL 1145S) Notes: Taught by Keren Rice. Fall 2000 Offering. |
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Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Course Name: Field Linguistics (JAL 401F/ JAL 1145S) Notes: Taught by Alana Johns. Fall 2005 Offering. |
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