The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Wei, Li; Moyer, Melissa

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As globalization has increased awareness of the extent of language contact and linguistic diversity, questions concerning bilingualism and multilingualism have taken on an increasing importance from both practical and scholarly points of view. Written by leading experts and practitioners in the field, The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism: * Highlights the interdisciplinary nature of research on bilingualism and multilingualism and offers a practical guide to the procedures and tools for collecting and analyzing data * Specifically addresses methodological issues, discussing research topics, core concepts and approaches, and the methods and techniques available * Links theory to method, and to data, and answers a real need for a know-how volume on bilingualism and multilingualism that deals with its methodology in a systematic and coherent way

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444301137
• Artikelnr.: 37338840

Autorenporträt

Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London. He is editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and author/editor of numerous books and articles, including Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family (1994), The Bilingualism Reader (2000), and Language Learning and Teaching as Social Inter-Action (2007, with Zhu Hua, P. Seedhouse and V. Cook). Melissa Moyer is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the Universitat Aut=noma de Barcelona. Her current research and publications are concerned with migration and the management of multilingualism. She is author of the award winning book La cßrcel de las palabras: Ensayo sobre el lenguaje y la desigualdad social (1988, with J. M. de Miguel).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Researching Bilingualism and Multilingualism:. 1.Research Perspectives on Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Li Wei (Birkbeck
University of London
United Kingdom). 2.Researching as Practice: Linking Theory
Method and Data: Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain).Part II: Procedures
Methods and Tools:. 3.Types and Sources of Data: Jacomine Nortier (Utrecht University
The Netherlands). 4. Bilingual Speech Data: Criteria for Classification: Penelope Gardner-Chloros (Birkbeck
University of London
United Kingdom). 5. Selecting Individuals
Groups and Sites: Elizabeth Lanza (University of Oslo
Norway). 6. Study Design: Cross-Sectional Longitudinal
Case and Group: Zhu Hua (Birkbeck
University of London
United Kingdom) and Annabel David (Newcastle University
United Kingdom). 7. Laboratory Designs and Paradigms: Words
Sounds
and Sentences: Judith Kroll (Pennsylvania State University
USA)
Chip Gerfen (Pennsylvania State University
USA)
and Paolo Dussias (Pennsylvania State University
USA). 8. Imaging Technologies: Jubin Abutalebi (University Vita Salute San Raffaele
Italy) and Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa (University of Geneva
Switzerland). 9. Interviews and Questionnaires: Eva Codó(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain). 10. Recording Audio and Video: Ignasi Clemente (The University of California
Los Angeles
USA). 11. Transcription: Maria Teresa Turell (Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona
Spain) and Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain). 12. Quantification and Statistics: Natasha Tokowicz (University of Pittsburgh
USA) and Tessa Warren (University of Pittsburgh
USA). 13. Data Banks and Corpora: Ad Backus (Tilburg University
The Netherlands). 14. Doing Ethnography: Monica Heller (University of Toronto
Canada). 15. Social Network Analysis: Xu Daming (Nanjing University
China)
Wang Xiaomei (City University of Hong Kong
China) and Li Wei (Birkbeck
University of London
United Kingdom). 16. Conversation and Interactional Analysis: Holly Cashman (Arizona State University
Tempe
Arizona
USA). 17. Critical Discourse Analysis: Adrian Blackledge (University of Birmingham
United Kingdom). 18. Narrative Analysis in the Study of Bi- and Multilingualism: Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University
Philadelphia
USA). 19. Media Analysis: Tony Purvis (Newcastle University
United Kingdom).Part III: Project Ideas
Dissemination and Resources: . 20. Project Ideas: Li Wei (Birkbeck
University of London
United Kingdom) and Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain). 21.Disseminating Research: A Guide to Conference Presentation and Journal Publication: Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain) and Li Wei (Birkbeck
University of London
United Kingdom). 22.Resources for Research on Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Li Wei (Birkbeck
University of London
United Kingdom) and Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain).. .