Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Campbell presents an entertaining book without the heaviness of linguistic theories that are difficult to grasp for those who have not been trained in linguistics and linguistic anthropology.

• Foreword by Wade Davis Preface; Acknowledgements1 Introduction: What’s a linguist do, anyway?, What’s linguistic fieldwork?2 Fieldwork adventure3 Discoveries4 Finding language consultants and working with them5 Perils, parasites, politics, and violence6 Eating, drinking, and matters of health7 Surviving fieldwork travel and living in the Field 8 What next?: What is needed in endangered language research?References; Index

Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Campbell presents an entertaining book without the heaviness of linguistic theories that are difficult to grasp for those who have not been trained in linguistics and linguistic anthropology.

• Foreword by Wade Davis Preface; Acknowledgements1 Introduction: What’s a linguist do, anyway?, What’s linguistic fieldwork?2 Fieldwork adventure3 Discoveries4 Finding language consultants and working with them5 Perils, parasites, politics, and violence6 Eating, drinking, and matters of health7 Surviving fieldwork travel and living in the Field 8 What next?: What is needed in endangered language research?References; Index

Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Campbell presents an entertaining book without the heaviness of linguistic theories that are difficult to grasp for those who have not been trained in linguistics and linguistic anthropology.

• Foreword by Wade Davis Preface; Acknowledgements1 Introduction: What’s a linguist do, anyway?, What’s linguistic fieldwork?2 Fieldwork adventure3 Discoveries4 Finding language consultants and working with them5 Perils, parasites, politics, and violence6 Eating, drinking, and matters of health7 Surviving fieldwork travel and living in the Field 8 What next?: What is needed in endangered language research?References; Index