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Field linguistics is the study and practice of collecting, analyzing, and preserving primary language data through direct work with speakers, often in community settings and frequently with underdescribed or endangered languages. Books in this category include practical handbooks on field methods (elicitation, recording, transcription, glossing), guides to ethical and collaborative research with communities, and introductions to data management and archiving. They often cover the creation of descriptive grammars, dictionaries, and text corpora; techniques for documenting phonetics/phonology and morphosyntax; and approaches to narrative and discourse. Many titles present case studies and field reports that illustrate problem-solving in real contexts, from consent and compensation to translation and orthography design. The category also encompasses resources on tools and workflows (e.g., audio/video capture, annotation software) and on language revitalization and participatory research. It serves students, researchers, and language activists seeking methodological foundations and concrete, data-driven exemplars of linguistic documentation and analysis.

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