In: Arnold, Werner ; Klimiuk, Maciej (Hrsgg.): Arabic Dialectology: Methodology and Field Research. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2019, pp. 23-32 . ISBN 978-3-447-11275-8

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Abstract

The present paper summarizes the fieldwork experience of Maria Lipnicka and Maciej Klimiuk in Gozo, Malta, by reflecting on issues of field research methodology, technology and innovation in order to initiate a discussion on these factors in Semitic dialectology. Most of the paper is dedicated to fieldwork methodology understood as soft skills and includes outlines that the authors applied themselves and found effective. The authors discuss some technological intricacies and describe their ‘off-field’ research for innovative frameworks, both analytical and theoretical, that would fit the fieldwork data and vice versa.