I am a linguist

I am a linguist / by R.M.W. Dixon ; with a foreword by Peter Matthews.

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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 Amazo...

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Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Brill eBook titles
Physical Description:1 online resource (412 p.)
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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t A day in the field /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t What is linguistics? — a journey of discovery /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Getting there /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Discography, and a bit of fiction /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Into the field /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Frustration and fulfilment /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t The role of universities /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t More lovely fieldwork, and some comparison /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t The science of linguistics, and other approaches to the study of language /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Fijian, English and some novels /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Academic standards /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t The delegate from Tasmania /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Into the Amazonian jungle /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t God and Magog in Brazil /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t A productive partnership /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Living a life /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Solutions to problems from the end of Chapter 6 /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Bibliography /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t Index /  |r R. M. W. Dixon --  |t List of plates /  |r R. M. W. Dixon. 
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