S05: Field collection systems
 
 

Table of contents

 

The content of this module is based on teaching materials by Ferjan Ormeling and Tjeerd Tichelaar. These teaching materials are made available in the "documents" section.

The module contains the following chapters:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Fieldwork instructions
Chapter 2: Preliminary study of the area
Chapter 3: Linguistic preparation
Chapter 4: Geographic preparation
Chapter 5: Other issues to deal with ...
Chapter 6: Preliminary study of the area
Chapter 7: Logistics
Chapter 8: Prepare mentally for fieldwork
Chapter 9: In the field
Chapter 10: Special name inventory forms
Chapter 11: Special pitfalls
Chapter 12:Graphic techniques for showing extent of named objects
Chapter 13: Representation of boundaries on maps
Chapter 14: A case study: provisieux
Chapter 15: Names model
Chapter 16: Name forms
Chapter 17: Collection procedures

Chapter 18: Examples
Chapter 19: Data
Chapter 20: Influence of instructions
Chapter 21: International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Chaper 22: Notation of names


When reading through the following pages, you will come across some uncommon terms. These terms are hyperlinked to the UNGEGN Glossary of Terminology (pdf). Behind each term a number (#) is given that corresponds to the numbering applied in this glossary, e.g. toponymy (#344).

For exercises and documents (and literature) on this topic see respectively the "Excercises" and/or the "Documents section of this module.

The complete module can be downloaded here.

 

 
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