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I Am a Linguist: With a Foreword by Peter Matthews

I Am a Linguist: With a Foreword by Peter Matthews

Dixon, R. M. W.

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Biographies GeneralLinguistics

ISBN10: 9004194053
ISBN13: 9789004194052
Publisher: Brill
Published: Dec 10 2010
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.45
Language: English
I am a Linguist provides a fascinating account of the academic adventures of multi-faceted linguist, R.M.W. (Bob) Dixon. There is fieldwork (and lengthy grammars) on Dyirbal, Yidiñ and other Aboriginal languages of Australia, the Boumaa dialect of Fijian, and Jarawara from the dense jungles of Amazonia. Theoretical studies include adjective classes, ergativity and complement clauses. There are also detective novels, science fiction stories, and pioneering work on blues and gospel discography. Interspersed with the autobiographical narrative are explanations of how linguistics is a scientific discipline, of the development of universities, of diminishing academic standards, and of the treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia. The book is written in an easy, accessible style with numerous illustrative anecdotes. It will be an inspiration to young linguists and of interest to the general reader curious about what a scientific linguist does.

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