I am a Linguist -- Contents -- List of plates -- foreword -- Preface -- Skeleton -- 1 A day in the field -- 2 W hat is linguistics?- a journey of discovery -- 3 Getting there -- 4 Discography, and a bit of fiction -- 5 Into the field -- 6 Frustration and fulfilment -- 7 The role of universities -- 8 M ore lovely fieldwork,and some comparison -- 9 T he science of linguistics, and other approaches to the study of language -- 10 Fijian, English and some novels -- 11 Academic standards -- 12 The delegate from Tasmania -- 13 Into the Amazonian jungle -- 14 God and Magog in Brazil -- 15 A productive partnership -- 16 Living a life -- solutions to problemsfrom the end of chapter 6 -- Bibliography -- Index.