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In:Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldwork
Edited by Hannah Sarvasy and Diana Forker
[Studies in Language Companion Series 194] 2018
► pp. 29–43

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Chapter 3
Historical linguistics in the raw

My life as diachronic fieldworker

 | University of Hawai’i
Published online: 22 February 2018
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Sarawak
  • 3.Manus
  • 4.Taiwan
  • 5.Fieldwork ‘at home’
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
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