Research Methods in Linguistics
Published on 19. February 2010
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-8264-8992-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 research students looking for clear introductions to key concepts, accessible discussions of theory and practice through illustrative examples, and critical engagement with current debates. Topics include: developing research questions; combining methods; quantitative research designs (including questionnaires, chi-square tests and t-tests); corpus analysis; qualitative research methods (discourse analytic approaches, linguistic ethnography, interviews focus groups, multimodal analysis, and narrative analysis). With each chapter offering an overview of key issues, many examples from recent linguistic research, and suggestions for further reading, this book will be an invaluable resource for anyone working with linguistic data.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
1, black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-8992-0 (9780826489920)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
PART I: Issues; 1. 'Research Questions in Linguistics', Jane Sunderland, Lancaster University, UK; 2. 'Spoken Linguistic Data', Dr Alan Firth (Newcastle University, UK); 3. 'Quantitative, Qualitative or Both? Combining Methods in Linguistic Research', Jo Angouri (University of the West of England, UK); PART II: Methods; Quantitative & Corpus research methods; 4, 'Quantitative Methods: Concepts, Frameworks and Issues', Dr Sebastian Rasinger (Anglia Ruskin University, UK); 5. 'Organising and Processing your Data: the Nuts and Bolts of Quantitative Analyses', Erez Levon (Queen Mary, University of London, UK); 6. 'Corpus Methods in Linguistics', Paul Baker (Lancaster University, UK); Qualitative research methods; 7. 'Discourse Analytic Approaches to Text and Talk', Judith Baxter, (University of Reading, UK); 8. 'Linguistic Ethnography', Angela Creese (University of Birmingham, UK); 9. 'Interviews and Focus Groups', Nigel Edley (Nottingham Trent University, UK) & Lia Litosseliti (City University, UK) 10.; 'Multimodal Analysis: Key Issues', Jeff Bezemer & Carey Jewitt, (Institute of Education, UK); 11. 'Narrative Analysis in Linguistic Research', Julio C. Gimenez, (Middlesex University, UK); Index.