Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists
 

Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists

by Thomas E. Payne

This book is a guide for linguistic fieldworkers who wish to write a description of the morphology and syntax of one of the world's many underdocumented languages. It offers readers who work through it one possible outline for a grammatical description, with many questions designed to help them address the key topics. Appendices offer guidance on text and elicited data, and on sample reference... (read more)

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This is a good book for learning how languages work and are classified. But, this is a must have for conlangers. Don't just copy latin, learn about applicatives and switch reference.

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