Chapter 2. The magic of names

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Chapter 1. Word hunters 1
4. Chapter 2. The magic of names 9
5. Chapter 3. Historical linguistics in the raw 29
6. Chapter 4. Sharing thoughts, concepts and experiences 45
7. Chapter 5. Forty-plus years before the mast 61
8. Chapter 6. Field linguistics in Daghestan 79
9. Chapter 7. Drinking of the iceberg 95
10. Chapter 8. Reflections on linguistic fieldwork between Sahel, Amazon and Outback 107
11. Chapter 9. My fieldwork, from Georgia to Guinea 123
12. Chapter 10. The linguist as a demon and as a human 139
13. Chapter 11. From here to there and back again 157
14. Subject index 171
15. Language index 175
16. Name index 177