Research Methods in Linguistics (eBook, ePUB)

Second Edition
Redaktion: Litosseliti, Lia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Research Methods in Linguistics guides the reader through the key issues, principles, and contributions of core methods in linguistic research. It is an essential resource for researchers and graduate students looking for clear introductions to key concepts, accessible discussions of theory and practice through illustrative examples, and critical engagement with current debates.

Topics covered include developing research questions; combining methods; quantitative research designs (including questionnaires, chi-square tests and t-tests); corpus analysis; qualitative research methods (interview methods, discourse analytic approaches, multimodal analysis).

Expanded throughout, this second edition also features:
- New chapters on ethics in linguistic research; transcription; and case study research
- Further reading, online resources, discussion questions and a glossary of key terms for each chapter

Providing in-depth introductions to key concepts, a wealth of examples from recent linguistic research and suggestions for further exploration and discussion in each area, this book will be an invaluable resource for anyone working with linguistic data.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350043442
• Artikelnr.: 54256861

Autorenporträt

Lia Litosseliti is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Associate Dean for Internationalisation at City, University of London. Her research interests are in the areas of gender and language, discourse analysis and research methodologies. She is the author of Using Focus Groups in Research (2003) and Gender and Language: Theory and Practice (2006); editor of Research Methods in Linguistics (2010/ 2018); and co-editor of Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis (2002, with Jane Sunderland), Gender and Language Research Methodologies (2008, with Kate Harrington, Helen Sauntson, and Jane Sunderland) and Gender and Language in African Contexts (2013, with Lilian Atanga, Sibonile Ellece and Jane Sunderland). Lia was President of the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) and Associate Editor of Gender and Language, and has acted as reviewer for a range of funding bodies and journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents Introducing Research Methods in Linguistics (Lia Litosseliti
City
University of London
UK) Part I: Issues 1. Research Questions in Linguistics (Jane Sunderland
Lancaster University
UK) 2. Quantitative
Qualitative
Mixed
or Holistic research? Combining Methods in Linguistic Research (Jo Angouri
University of Warwick
UK and Aalto University
Finland) 3. Ethics in Linguistic Research (Christine Mallinson
University of Maryland
Baltimore Country
USA) 4. Transcription in Linguistics (Lorenza Mondada
University of Basel
Switzerland and University of Helsinki
Finland) Part II: Quantitative Perspectives 5. Quantitative Methods: Concepts
Frameworks and Issues (Sebastian M. Rasinger
Anglia Ruskin University
UK) 6. Organizing and Processing Your Data: The Nuts and Bolts of Quantitative Analyses (Erez Levon
Queen Mary University of London
UK) 7. Corpus Methods in Linguistics (Paul Baker
University of Lancaster
UK) Part III: Qualitative Perspectives 8. Critical Perspectives on Using Interviews and Focus Groups (Nigel Edley
Nottingham Trent University
UK and Lia Litosseliti
City
University of London
UK) 9. Discourse-analytic approaches to text and talk (Judith Baxter
Aston University UK) 10. Linguistic Ethnography (Angela Creese
University of Birmingham
UK and Fiona Copland
University of Stirling
UK) 11. Multimodality: A guide for linguists (Jeff Bezemer
UCL Institute of Education
UK and Carey Jewitt
University College London
UK) 12. Case Study Research in Applied Linguistics (Patricia A. Duff
University of British Columbia
Canada)