Fieldwork and Language Description Throughout its history the Berkeley Linguistics department has been committed to detailed description of undocumented and underdocumented languages. The department considers it a priority of the graduate program to provide training toward facility in working first-hand with fieldwork data/texts and analysis. The work of Berkeley faculty and students in theoretical subdisciplines is recognized in the field for its strong empirical foundation. Our graduate students regularly win grants at both the UC Berkeley and national levels to support their fieldwork. Recent fieldwork by graduate students: Summer 2004 Location Language Rosemary Beam de Azcona Oaxaca, Mexico San Agustin Mixtepec Zapotec Coatlan-Loxicha Zapotec Lisa Bennett Chiapas, Oaxaca Lacandon and Huave Gabriela Caballero Chihuahua, Mexico Raramuri/Taramara (Uto-Aztecan) Veracruz Huastec Nahuatl Rebecca Cover Senegal Badiaranke Christian DiCanio Oaxaca, Mexico San Martin Itunyoso Trique (Otomanguean) Bonnie Henson Cameroon Kol (Bikele, Bekol) (Feb 2004-May 2005) Yuni Kim Oaxaca, Mexico Huave Teresa McFarland Veracruz, Mexico Filomeno Mata Totonaco David Mortensen U.S. Tangkhul Naga diaspora Mary Paster Oaxaca, Mexico Sindihui Mixtec Summer 2003 Location Language Rosemary Beam de Azcona Jalisco, Mexico San Agustin Mixtepec Zapotec Coatlan-Loxicha Zapotec Belle Anne Matheson Wind River, WY Arapaho Lisa Bennett Mexico Yucatec Mayan Gabriela Caballero Mexico Taramara (Raramuri) Yuni Kim Finland Finland Swedish dialects Teresa McFarland Veracruz, Mexico Filomeno Mata Totonaco William Weigel CA Yowlumni (Yawelmani) Rainbow Willard Mexico Yucatec Mayan Current ongoing descriptive/documentation research by faculty: Andrew Garrett Yurok Willam F. Hanks (Dept. Affiliate) Yucatec Leanne Hinton Yahi Larry M. Hyman Kuki-Thaadow, Leggbo Ian Maddieson Crosslinguistic field phonetics Sam Mchombo Chichewa Johanna Nichols (Dept. Affiliate) Chechen, Ingush Lynn Nichols Zuni, Northern Tiwa Richard Rhodes Sayula Popoluca