摘要：This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of elicitation, corpus study, andexperimental study in field research. -on’n’ig-forms in Beserman Udmurt whichfunction both as nomina loci (place names) and as converbs are described with thefocus on methodology of gathering the data. It is demonstrated that in the case ofproductive derivation hypotheses formulated on the base of corpus study can morereliably be checked during an experiment with non-verbal stimuli than via elicitation.As for morphosyntactic properties of regular inflected forms, it is easier to study themon the base of corpora data and elicitation. However, experiments provide both naturalexamples and interesting data for future research.
关键词：field linguistics; elicitation; experiments; corpus study; Udmurt
