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Field techniques

Index of SIL publications on Field techniques listed by country.

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General works

• ARENSEN, Jonathan E.; HILL, Harriet S., editors. 1995. The best of ethno-info.
• ARENSEN, Jonathan E.; HILL, Harriet S., editors. 2003. "The best of Ethno-Info."
• AUMANN, Greg; BIRD, Steven; ROBINSON, Stuart, authors. 2007. "Managing fieldwork data with Toolbox and the Natural Language Toolkit."  
• BARNWELL, Katharine, author. 1998. Preparing to be a consultee: How to get the best help from your consultant.
• BEEKMAN, John, author. 1968. Eliciting vocabulary, meaning, and collocations.
• BEEKMAN, John, author. 1980. Three focuses of consultation procedures.
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, David; BENDOR-SAMUEL, Margaret, authors. 1987. A manual for the strategic planning and review of language programs.
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1974. "Towards a grammatical model suited for field work / Propositions pour un modèle grammatical approprié aux travaux sur le terrain."
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1982. What answers obviate the need for further research?.
• BERG, René van den; SHORE, Susan, authors. 2006. "A new mass elicitation technique: the dictionary development program."  
• BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1994. The care and feeding of anthropological science: toward a methodology for SIL fieldworkers.
• BOSSCHER, Kathleen, author. 1991. Components of SPAR.
• BRANTLEY, Brent I., author. 1995. Intercultural Community Work training: An assessment.
• CALLOW, Kathleen; HEWER, Philip L.; NADEN, Anthony J., authors. 1975. A propositional grammar outline: a format for the presentation and comparison of grammatical systems.
• COMRIE, Bernard, author. 1988. The role of the field linguist.
• CRITCHFIELD, Robert, author. 1998. Copyright—and why it matters.
• DAY, A. Colin, author. 1976. Getting the edge on card files.
• DUBOIS, Carl D., author. 1998. Hymn translation and copyrights.
• ECKERT, Paul, author. 1998. Helpful hints for committee checking.
• FRANK, Paul S., author. 1999. Report on LinguaLinks CD-ROM: Field guide to recording language data by Charles F. Grimes.
• FULLER, Elizabeth, author. 2007. Celebrating the diversity of culture through inter-cultural training.
• GOOD, Elaine M., author. 1987. LLD 22: Production of literacy materials (course book two).
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1992. "Notes on oral proficiency testing (SLOPE)."  
• GRIMES, Charles E., author. 1992. Field guide to recording language data.
• GRIMES, Charles E., author. 2003. "Field guide to recording language data."
• GRIMES, Charles E., author. 2006. "One dictionary, one language, one team, but different locations? Version control and file management turn chaos into quality."  
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1981. Corncobs and baby blankets help writers blossom.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1992. "Calibrating sentence repetition tests."  
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1995. "Consulting in linguistic field work."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1995. Language survey reference guide.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1997. Ethnographic questions for field workers.
• HALE, Austin, author. 1998. Comments from an international linguistics consultant: Thumbnail sketch.
• HEADLAND, Thomas N.; ROETMAN, Victor, authors. 2001. Review of: Field ethnography: a manual for doing cultural anthropology, by Paul Kutsche.
• HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1975. Language learner's field guide.
• HOHULIN, Richard M., author. 1982. Questioning our questioning technique.
• HOLLENBACH, Bruce E.; WATTERS, James K., authors. 1998. Study guide on pragmatics and discourse.
• HOLLINGSWORTH, Kenneth R., author. 1999. The MiniDisc: a better way to do field recordings.
• HUNT, Geoffrey R., author. 1992. The indispensable tape recorder.
• JESUDASON, Daniel, author. 1992. "Towards an integrated strategy for translation and literacy work in SIL fieldwork and an analysis of Whole Language techniques."
• KIETZMAN, Dale W., author. 1977. "Field training programs."
• LARSON, Mildred L., author. 1990. "Training translators through rewriting."
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1964. Grammar discovery procedures: a field manual.
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1978. The role of a consultant.
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author; ESCRIBENS, Augusto, translator. 1972. Procedimientos de análisis gramatical: manual de campo.
• LOWE, Ivan, author. 1995. "Aspects of linguistic consultation."
• MANN, Steve, author. 1995. My role and training as an ICW specialist.  
• MCCLURE, David, author. 1980. A language lab in a soapbox.
• MCKINNEY, Carol V., author. 1995. Review of: Fieldwork in developing countries, Stephen Devereux and John Hoddinott, editors.
• NIDA, Eugene A., author. 1947. "Field techniques in descriptive linguistics."
• NIDA, Eugene A., author. 1950. Learning a foreign language: a handbook for missionaries.
• PAYNE, Thomas E., author. 1991. Handling language data: Excerpts from a field manual.
• PAYNE, Thomas E., author. 1997. Describing morphosyntax: a guide for field linguists.
• PAYNE, Thomas E., author. 2003. "Describing morphology and syntax: a guide for field linguists."
• PECK, Charles W., author. 1987. Review of: Functional approaches to writing: research perspectives, Barbara Couture, editor.
• PENCE, Alan R., author. 1995. The relevance of Intercultural Community Work to nontraditional thrusts of SIL.
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1943. A monolingual approach to a foreign language: theoretical observations on type, function, and relationship in grammatical analysis, emanating from an approach to a foreign language without using an intermediate one for translating forms.
• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1970. "A method for eliciting paradigmatic data from text."
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1990. Toward a definition for project completion.
• REDDEN, James E., author. 1982. On expanding the meaning of applied linguistics: a suggestion for training linguists and language teachers in field linguistics.
• SALISBURY, Murray I., author. 1997. A recommended reading program for developing the skills needed in Old Testament translation.
• SAVILLE-TROIKE, Muriel; TROIKE, Rudolph C., authors. 1987. Video recording for linguistic fieldwork.
• SIMONS, Linda, author. 1981. Non-technical grammars: Audience, purpose, and method.
• SPIELMANN, Margaret, author. 1996. Evaluating training.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1975. Location and participant bracketing in Matthew.
• UNSETH, Peter, author. 2004. Review of: Phonetic data analysis, by Peter Ladefoged.  
• UNSETH, Peter, author. 2006. "How to collect 1,000 proverbs quickly: field methods for eliciting and collecting proverbs."  
• UNSETH, Peter, author. 2008. "How to collect 1,000 proverbs quickly: field methods for collecting proverbs."
• VOGEL, Alan R., author. 2008. "Thoughts on example sentences."  
• WARES, Alan C., author. 1990. How to compile and edit a bibliography.
• WOODWARD, G. Tomas, author. 2000. Why use the OCM in fieldwork?.
• YIN-LING Tan, author. 2001. Review of: Globe-trotting in sandals: a field guide to cultural research, by Carol V. McKinney.
• YORKEY, Richard, author. 1979. How to prepare and present a professional paper.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• BOSSCHER, Kathleen, author. 1990. Considerations for completion: Assistance from SPAR on nitty-gritty questions.
• LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., author. 1994. "Field procedures for the analysis of participant reference in a monologue discourse."
• WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1989. Aspect-mood distinctions.

Côte d’Ivoire

• BEARTH, Thomas, author. 1981. Alternatives to the SIL standard linguistic research program.
• EGNER, Inge, author. 1981. Tips on reading in linguistics.
• MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1981. Tips on writing papers.
• PETERMANN, Esther, author. 1985. Towards understanding Téén values.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• KUTSCH LOJENGA, Constance, author. 1996. Participatory research in linguistics.

Ghana

• HUNT, Geoffrey R., author. 1981. Your problem has a solution.
• SCHAEFER, Nancy A., author. 1996. Exploring traditional training techniques in Ghana.
• SCHAEFER, Nancy A.; SCHAEFER, Robert L., authors. 1996. A translation workshop on the Tabernacle.
• SNIDER, Keith L.; SNIDER, Ruth, authors. 1987. A Scripture-in-use suggestion from Ghana.

Kenya

• BERGMAN, Ted G., author. 1987. The Summer Institute of Linguistics second language oral proficiency evaluation.

Sudan

• PERSSON, Andrew M., author. 1983. Language learning sessions at home and abroad.

Togo

• WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1989. The voice of the verb.
• WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1989. Tone analysis in African languages.

Americas

Brazil

• DOOLEY, Robert A., author. 1989. Suggestions for the field linguist regarding quotations.
• GREEN, Diana, author. 1987. The interior decorator.
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1965. "A técnica da pesquisa."
• JEFFERSON, Kathleen, author. 1981. Helping the literacy team get underway.
• JEFFERSON, Kathleen, author. 1982. Comments on Forster’s article on pedagogical grammars.
• LOWE, Ivan; MEECH, David, authors. 1970. "The use of tape loops."
• LOWE, Ivan; MEECH, David, authors. 1970. "The use of tape recorders."

Colombia

• GRALOW, Frances L., author. 1988. How to make your junior partner an equal partner.

Guatemala

• HENNE, Marilyn G., author. 1991. Strategic planning for a multi-team language program.

Mexico

• BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1976. A manual for practical grammars.
• BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A.; SCHOENHALS, Louise C., authors. 1983. Bilingual dictionaries for indigenous languages.
• BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A.; SCHOENHALS, Louise C., authors. 2003. "Bilingual dictionaries for indigenous languages."
• BUCK, Marjorie J., author. 1986. Teaching proofreading to Amuzgo language helpers.
• COWAN, George M., author. 1970. "The monolingual approach to studying Amuzgo."
• COWAN, George M., author. 2003. "The monolingual approach to studying Amuzgo."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1968. "Descriptive linguistics."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. n.d. Methods for semantic inventories: Huichol.
• MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1968. Review of: Field linguistics: a guide to linguistic field work, by William J. Samarin.
• PIKE, Eunice V., author. 1979. "Some linguistic concepts as applied to the writing of technical articles."
• PIKE, Evelyn G., author. 1983. Instant language learning kit.
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1968. "How to make an index."
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1976. "The meanings of particles in text: a random note."
• PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1982. Some questions for field linguists beginning language analysis.
• ROBINSON, Dow F., author. 1963. "Native texts and frequency counts as aids to the translator."
• ROBINSON, Dow F., author. 1970. Manual for analytical procedures in phonology.
• ROBINSON, Dow F., author; AROSEMENA B., Melquíades A., translator. 1980. Manual de procedimientos analíticos en fonología.
• RUPP, James E., author. 1974. On eliciting metaphors.
• SCHRAM, Judith L., author. 1982. Empathy as a communication skill related to language learning.

Peru

• ANDERSON, Loretta; COX, Doris, authors. 1970. "Learning Candoshi monolingually."
• DAVIS, Patricia M., author. 1979. Elaboración de materiales didácticos.
• LOOS, Eugene E., author. 1976. "Sugerencias para el investigador de campo sobre la negación."  
• MATTESON, Esther, author. 1976. Developing the lexicon of an unwritten language.
• PAYNE, Thomas E., author. 1989. How to write a grammatical sketch (without putting your readers to sleep).

Suriname

• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1977. Guidelines on oral presentation of papers.  
• NICKEL, John, author. 1983. Floppy disks in the tropics.

United States

• SHOREY, Hazel, author. 1986. Some advantages and disadvantages of using mobile units for on-site preparation of vernacular materials.

Asia

Indonesia

• BOWLING, Mary Ruth, author. 1976. "Literacy and the typewriter."
• BRANTLEY, Brent I., author. 1997. Brantley/Larsen test: a culture-specific alternative to the Witkin embedded figures test for measuring field-dependence.
• BUSENITZ, Robert L.; MARTENS, Michael P., authors. 1979. Considerations for language identification surveys.
• GREGERSON, Kenneth J., author. 1978. Some thoughts on writing technical papers.
• GREGERSON, Marilyn, author. 1986. The year of studying language and culture.
• GRIMES, Barbara Dix, author. 1986. Wanted: computer programs for anthropology.
• SILZER, Peter J., author. 1976. "A six-week phonemic analysis of Air Mati with a tentative orthography."
• SILZER, Peter J., author. 1976. "How the audio selector repeatcorder can help the field linguist."
• SUHARNO, Ignatius, author. 1976. "Monolingual data eliciting: Some local constraints on workable analytical procedures with reference to Baudi."
• WESTRUM, Susan, author. 1976. "Chronological mapping as a useful tool in identifying semantic paragraph groupings in Berik, Irian Jaya, Indonesia."

Nepal

• SMITH, Elizabeth, author. 1998. "Field methods for data collection for the making of a dictionary."

Pakistan

• DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1991. "Strategy for data collection in bilingual communities."

Philippines

• BOSSCHER, Kathleen, author. 1988. Magic markers.
• ELKINS, Richard E., author. 1978. "Lexical systems in language teaching."
• FORSBERG, Vivian, author. 1984. On checking meaning.
• HALE, Austin, author. 1978. A brief for grammatical thumbnail sketches.
• HALE, Austin, author. 1978. The personal element in planning research.
• HEADLAND, Janet; HEADLAND, Thomas N., authors. 2000. Four decades among the Agta: trials and advantages of long-term fieldwork with Philippine hunter-gatherers.
• HEADLAND, Thomas N., author. 1973. A method for recording formal elicitation.
• HEADLAND, Thomas N., author. 1985. On recording ethnographic field notes.
• HEADLAND, Thomas N., author. 1986. The research interview method: a tool for getting at culture.
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1962. "Three letter abbreviations of Malayo-Polynesian (Austronesian) language names."
• HOHULIN, Richard M., author. 1984. Planning, procedures, and pitfalls in a related language project.
• LEADERS, Marlin R., author. 1991. Eliciting figures of speech.
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1991. "Language-culture types and their implications for vernacular literature use."
• QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1992. "Surveying language proficiency."  

Thailand

• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Consulting.  
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Writing and checking.  
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1980. How intuitive is the ‘word’?.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1987. Consultants as encouragers.

Viet Nam

• MILLER, Carolyn P., author. 1973. "Informant techniques and procedures used in formulating a generative description of the relative clause in Vietnamese."  
• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1970. "On eliciting transformations in Vietnamese."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1975. Notes and queries on language analysis.

Pacific

Australia

• HARGRAVE, David J., author. 1987. Video in a translation program: To use or not to use.
• WATERS, Bruce E., author. 1977. Suggestions on writing papers.  

New Caledonia

• SCHOOLING, Stephen J., author. 1984. Using culturally appropriate pedagogical methods in training mother-tongue translators.

Papua New Guinea

• CHIPPING, Amy L., author. 1970. "Grammatical drills."
• COCHRAN, Anne M., author. 1976. "Linguistic patterns in languages of Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea: a manual for beginning field workers--preliminary report."
• CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1970. "Punch card filing."
• DYE, Sally Folger, author. 1974. "Decreasing fatigue and illness in field-work."
• DYE, Sally Folger, author. 1982. Strength for the task: Studies on managing stress and illness among missionaries.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1969. Review of: Field linguistics: a guide to linguistic field work, by William J. Samarin.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1970. Review of: The language of science, by Theodore H. Savory.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1971. "Some comments on eliciting cultural data."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 2007. "Oral storytelling and fieldwork."
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1964. Handling unsophisticated linguistic informants.
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1968. Review of: Field linguistics: a guide to linguistic field work, by William J. Samarin.
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1970. "Language learning without tears."
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1970. "List of words suitable for monolingual eliciting."
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1975. "Obtaining linguistic data."
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1975. "Plain card filing."
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1975. "Testing the recognition of utterance pairs."
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1975. "Using tape recorders."
• HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1970. Translator's field guide.
• HEALEY, Phyllis M., author. 1970. "Page filing."
• HENDERSON, James E., author. 1976. Concordance text entry system.
• JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1979. What can we do with our data?.
• JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1980. Grammar and basic vocabulary in oceanic Austronesian languages: a standard elicitation schedule.
• LANDWEER, M. Lynn, author. 1991. "Schlie-Landweer priority allocation assessment device: Rationale paper."
• LOVING, Aretta, author. 1962. "On learning monolingually."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1982. Supplementing the procedures.
• PENCE, Alan R., author. 1962. "Punched card filing for linguists."
• ROBERTS, John R., author. 1989. Review of: Functional approaches to writing: Research perspectives, Barbara Couture, editor.
• SANDERS, Arden G., author. 1977. Some synchronic analysis procedures for language survey data.
• SCHANELY, Leon E., author; YOST, Larry; YOST, Willa D., editors. 1983. Developing Community Potential.  

Solomon Islands

• DAAMS, Nicolaas, author. 1984. A contrastive grammar for mother-tongue translators.