Research Methods in Linguistics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Litosseliti, Lia

• Format: PDF

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; and qualitative research methods (interview methods, discourse analytic approaches and multimodal analysis).

Expanded throughout, this third edition also includes:
· New chapters on linguistic ethnography and digital discourse analysis
· New guided activities and updated further readings, online resources and discussion questions
· Refreshed examples, engaging with recent sources and materials
· A glossary of key terms for each chapter
· Learning outcomes for each chapter.

Guiding you through the main issues, techniques and approaches to developing your research in Linguistics, this book provides clear introductions to key concepts and discussions, from research questions to transcription, and takes you step-by-step through several quantitative and qualitative approaches in Linguistics research, including recent developments in multimodal and digital discourse analysis. Leading you towards the research methods and principles most appropriate to your work, and explaining them in detail, this is the ideal book for anyone working with linguistic data.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350429178
• Artikelnr.: 72251069

Autorenporträt

Lia Litosseliti is Associate Professor in Linguistics at City, University of London, UK, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. Her research interests are in the areas of gender and language, discourse analysis and research methodologies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Part I: Issues 1. Research Questions in Linguistics
Jane Sunderland (Lancaster University
UK) 2. Ethics in Linguistic Research
Christine Mallinson (University of Maryland
USA) 3. Transcription in Linguistics
Lorenza Mondada (University of Basel
Switzerland) 4. Quantitative
Qualitative
Mixed
or Holistic Research? Combining Methods in Linguistic Research
Jo Angouri (University of Warwick
UK) 5. Micro/Macro-Linguistic Considerations: Evaluating Discourse-Analytic Approaches to Text and Talk
Judith Baxter and Lia Litosseliti (University of London
UK) Part II: Quantitative Perspectives 6. Quantitative Methods: Concepts
Frameworks and Issues
Sebastian M. Rasinger (Anglia Rusin University
UK) 7. Organizing and Processing Your Data: The Nuts and Bolts of Quantitative Analyses
Erez Levon (University of Bern
Switzerland) 8. Corpus Methods in Linguistics
Paul Baker (Lancaster University
UK) Part III: Qualitative Perspectives 9. Interviews and Focus Groups in Social Science and Linguistics Research: a Critical Review
Nigel Edley (Nottingham Trent University
UK)
Lia Litosseliti (University of London
UK) and Becky Moss 10. Linguistic Ethnography
Karin Tusting (Lancaster University
UK) 11. Digital Discourse Analysis
Camilla Vásquez (University of South Florida
USA) and Yaqian Jiang (Middle Tennessee State University
USA) 12. Multimodality: A Guide for Linguists
Jeff Bezemer (University College London
UK) and Carey Jewitt (University College London
UK) 13. Case Study Research in Applied Linguistics
Patricia A. Duff (University of British Columbia
Canada) Index