A Typology of Linguistic Field Research

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Asmah Haji Omar

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This study attempts to give a written form of the language/dialect to its own speakers and to have documentation on the language dialect as a step to placing it in the inventory of the world's languages. According to the mentioned purposes in the study, the linguist in upstream research has 10 set his/her objectives, which can be summarised into descriptions of the systems and structures of the phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of the language/dialect concerned. The study also typifies the various types of research which require the researcher to get first-hand information from the source (s). 

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Omar, A. H. (2017). A Typology of Linguistic Field Research. Journal of Modern Languages, 10(1), 1–14. Retrieved from https://jml.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3555
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