Learning a Field Language

by Robbins Burling

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472080539
• ISBN13: 9780472080533
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good For General Language Learners

Although I agree that this book is not necessarily for linguists, I do think that it was a God send when I was learning Arabic dialect in Yemen. This book will help you to realise that there are priorities in learning a language and also gives you some ideas about how to learn a language that there are no texts for. The principles in this book are for lay persons and I personally think that this is a good companion for any anthropology student serious about doing field work. As a teacher of English as a second language, I recommend this to fellow teachers.