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Publication Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
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Bloomsbury Academic
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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 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.
Contents
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)
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