Field methods, or field linguistics, is a means for obtaining linguistic
data about languages unknown to the linguist. In this course, students
will learn how to work with an informant, how to obtain a corpus of data,
and how to organize and analyze the data. In addition to the usual
classroom activity, students will meet with the informant for one hour
each week to gather data. The language studied, Luo, is spoken in Kenya.
Students will be expected to write short grammatical sketches based on
their findings. There will also a mid-term exam and a final exam.
Prerequisite: LING L431. Second semester of two-semester course.