In:Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldwork
Edited by Hannah Sarvasy and Diana Forker
[Studies in Language Companion Series 194] 2018
► pp. 139–155
Chapter 10The linguist as a demon and as a human
Fieldwork in Greater Awyu communities of West Papua
Published online: 22 February 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.194.10dev
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.194.10dev
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The linguist as an ‘after-death demon’
- Dyadic relations
- Fieldwork and witchcraft
- Cannibalism and unwelcome publicity
- 3.Dyads with a Dutchman
- Fieldwork extending over many years
- 4.Final remarks
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