l<h3>Topics of previous meetings of Field Reports</h3>

<ul>

<li>May 2011. More on texts and fieldwork (discussion led by Sharon
Hargus). <A HREF="
http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/fileadmin/downloads/merkblaetter/MB_67_e.pdf">DOBES</A>
requires texts as part of documentation effort (see section VII).
Texts as a gauge of a speaker's linguistic competence (an issue for
endangered languages).  <A HREF="procedure.html">Procedure</A> I use
for going from recording to IGT.  (Many linguists use some combination
of Transcriber/Elan/Toolbox instead.)

<li>Apr. 2011. <A HREF="EA_Texts.pdf">Pros and Cons of Texts and Elicitation</A>, Edith Aldridge.
Optional reading:  Chelliah, Shobhana L. 2001. <A HREF="Chelliah_01.pdf">'The role of text collection and elicitation in linguistic fieldwork.'</A>  In Linguistic Fieldwork, ed. by Paul Newman and Martha Ratliff. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 152-165.

<li>Feb. 2011. Transcription and field notes, Sharon Hargus. Optional reading was Vaux and Cooper 1999, ch. 2.

<li>Oct. 2010. <A
HREF="Tanenbaum_Mazu_field_report.pdf">Report</A> on Mazu fieldwork, 
Russell Tanenbaum (with Chak Lam Yip and Sharon Chang).
(optional reading was ch. 1 'Introduction' of
Vaux and Cooper 1999).

<li>
Feb. 2010. Steve Moran, Best and worst practices in linguistic
fieldwork (a slideshow based on personal experiences).  Recommended
reading was: 
   <ul>
<li>Bird and Simons (2003) 'Seven Dimensions of
Portability'. Language 79: 557-582 
<li>Steve Moran (to appear) 'Using the
E-MELD school of best practices to create lasting digital
documentation'. In Grenoble, Lenore A. and Louanna Furbee (eds.)
Language Documentation: Practice and Values.<p>
</ul>

<li>Dec. 2009. Discussion of Tsunoda 2005, ch.13.<P>
<li>Oct. 2009. Reports on recent fieldwork by Julia Miller, Steve Moran, Scott Farrar.<p>
</ul>

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