4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ADNUpath EXrepeatable for credit
Exposes students to the basic techniques of field methods with the goal of reinforcing the fundamental skills used in linguistic analysis. Through readings, discussions, and practical experience, students explore best practices in conducting linguistic field work: working with a native speaker consultant, eliciting linguistic structures, managing data effectively, analyzing the data collected, and presenting findings formally. May be repeated two times.