Research Methods in Language Variation and Change (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Krug, Manfred

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Produktbeschreibung

Methodological know-how has become one of the key qualifications in contemporary linguistics, which has a strong empirical focus. Containing 23 chapters, each devoted to a different research method, this volume brings together the expertise and insight of a range of established practitioners. The chapters are arranged in three parts, devoted to three different stages of empirical research: data collection, analysis and evaluation. In addition to detailed step-by-step introductions and illustrative case studies focusing on variation and change in English, each chapter addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology and concludes with suggestions for further reading. This systematic, state-of-the-art survey is ideal for both novice researchers and professionals interested in extending their methodological repertoires. The book also has a companion website which provides readers with further information, links, resources, demonstrations, exercises and case studies related to each chapter.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107453456
• Artikelnr.: 39959093

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: investigating language variation and change Manfred Krug,
Julia Schlüter and Anette Rosenbach; Part I. Collecting Empirical Data:
Section 1. Fieldwork and Linguistic Mapping: 1. Collecting ethnographic and
sociolinguistic data Daniel Schreier; 2. Using participant observation and
social network analysis Lynn Clark and Graeme Trousdale; 3. Computer
mapping of language data William A. Kretzschmar, Jr; Section 2. Eliciting
Linguistic Data: 4. Designing and conducting interviews and questionnaires
Manfred Krug and Katrin Sell; 5. Obtaining introspective acceptability
judgements Thomas Hoffmann; Section 3. Alternatives to Standard Reference
Corpora: 6. Using historical literature databases as corpora Julia
Schlüter; 7. Using the OED quotations database as a diachronic corpus
Günter Rohdenburg; 8. Using web-based data for the study of global English
Marianne Hundt; Part II. Analysing Empirical Data: Section 4. Corpus
Analysis: 9. Using 'small' corpora to document ongoing grammatical change
Christian Mair; 10. Using tag sequences to retrieve grammatical structures
Sebastian Hoffmann; 11. Categorizing syntactic constructions in a corpus
Nicholas Smith and Elena Seoane; Section 5. Phonetic and Phonological
Analysis: 12. Analysing phonetic and phonological variation on the
segmental level Ulrike Gut; 13. Analysing phonetic and phonological
variation on the suprasegmental level Ulrike Gut; 14. Reconstructing stress
in Old and Middle English Donka Minkova; Section 6. Combinations of
Multiple Types of Data: 15. Combining elicitation data with corpus data
Anette Rosenbach; 16. Using convergent evidence from psycholinguistics and
usage Marilyn Ford and Joan Bresnan; 17. Applying typological methods in
dialectology Lieselotte Anderwald and Bernd Kortmann; Part III. Evaluating
Empirical Data: Section 7. Basic Statistical Analysis: 18. Quantifying
variation and estimating the effects of sample size on the frequencies of
linguistic variables Heikki Mannila, Terttu Nevalainen and Helena
Raumolin-Brunberg; 19. Elementary statistical testing with R Stefan Th.
Gries; Section 8. Multifactorial Analysis: 20. Analysing and interpreting
variation in the sociolinguistic tradition Sali A. Tagliamonte; 21.
Identifying multidimensional patterns of variation across registers Douglas
Biber and Bethany Gray; 22. Computing linguistic distances between
varieties April McMahon and Warren Maguire; 23. Analysing aggregated
linguistic data Benedikt Szmrecsanyi.