Chapter 3
§3.1.3: First wordlists
- A list of semantic fields [PDF]
- A Swadesh wordlist, categorised by semantic field. [PDF] [Word]
- Semantic field codings for European languages
§3.4: Common transcription errors
- IPA symbol and sound samples
- More common transcription errors (in addition to those given in the text):
- missyllabification of vowel glide sequences, especially [uj] (as [wi] or [uji])
- n+stop clusters, especially when the stop is unaspirated (e.g. [nt] as [nd])
§3.5: Data organisation and fieldnotes
- Handout for things to think about when writing fieldnotes.
- Keyboard mapping software
- Unicode Fonts:
- HRELP's technology page
- IPA and Unicode (John Wells)
- Alan Wood's Unicode page
- Transcription software handout [PDF]
§3.7: Elicitation procedures checklist
The first field session: see the data here for Hungarian. There's a link there to the metadata database.
§3.7.2: Further reading
- Phonetic Data Analysis (Peter Ladefoged)
- Linguistic Fieldwork (Paul Newman and Martha Ratlif)
- An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (John Clarke, Collin Yallop and Janet Fletcher)
