ISBN:
9780470673614
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (511 p)
Series Statement:
GMLZ - Guides to Research Methods in Language and Linguistics
Series Statement:
GMLZ - Guides to Research Methods in Language and Linguistics Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Research Methods in Sociolinguistics
DDC:
306.440721
Keywords:
Sociolinguistics ; Methodology
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Sociolinguistics ; Research
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This single-volume guide equips students of sociolinguistics with a full set of methodological tools including data collection and analysis techniques, explained in clear and accessible terms by leading experts. It features project suggestions, troubleshooting tips, and data assessment across diverse languages. Explores an array of anthropological and scientific methods that cover the full spectrum of contemporary sociolinguistics, from the study of style and discourse analysis to the study of phoneticsDetails the types of data available, and explains collection methods
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Guides to Research Methods in Language and Linguistics; Title page; Copyright page; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Symbols for Vowels Used in This Volume; Articulatory Position of Vowels Used in This Volume; Introduction; How the Book Is Organized; Summary of the Content of the Different Chapters; 1 A Historical Assessment of Research Questions in Sociolinguistics; Introduction; Implementation; Cross-references; Conclusion; Part I: Types of Data and Methods of Data Collection; 2 Sociolinguistic Interviews; Introduction; Developing Research Questions
Description / Table of Contents:
Methods of Data Collection and AnalysisEntering the Community; Observing, Interviewing, and Recording; Equipment; Components of the Sociolinguistic Interview; Records and Writing Up; 3 Written Surveys and Questionnaires in Sociolinguistics; Introduction; Developing a Questionnaire; Writing Questions/Items; Structuring the Questionnaire; Testing the Questionnaire; Administering the Questionnaire; Processing and Evaluating the Questionnaire; 4 Experimental Methods in Sociolinguistics; The Initial Stages
Description / Table of Contents:
Matched-Guise Technique: What Social Information Do Listeners Attribute to a Speaker Based Only on Hearing Their Voice?Identification Tasks: Can Expectations about a Speaker Affect How a Listener Will Hear Their Speech?; After Data Collection; Ethics in Experimental Work; 5 Computer-mediated Communication and Linguistic Landscapes; Introduction; Data Collection in Computer-mediated Communication Research; Data Collection in Linguistic Landscapes Research; A Note on Research Ethics; Part II: Methods of Analysis; Focusing on Features of Language from a Sociolinguistic Perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Sociohistorical AnalysisThe Past Is a Foreign Country?; Approaching the Past; Implementation; Analyzing Change; 7 Corpus Linguistics inSociolinguistics; Introduction; Corpus Linguistics; Building a Corpus; Research Questions; Comparing the Speech of Younger and Older Adults; 8 Phonetic Analysis in Sociolinguistics; Introduction; Implementation; 9 Phonological Considerations in Sociophonetics; Introduction; What Is the Difference between "Internal" and "External" Factors?; The Phonological Variable; Implementation: How Do Phonological Concerns Affect Sociolinguistic Variation?
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Morphosyntactic Analysis in SociolinguisticsIntroduction; Implementation; 11 Vocabulary Analysis in Sociolinguistic Research; Introduction; Lexicography; 12 Doing Discourse Analysis in Sociolinguistics; Introduction; Doing Discourse Analysis; Developing Research Questions; Collecting the Data; Transcribing the Data; Analyzing the Data; Qualitative Analysis; 13 Words and Numbers: Statistical Analysis in Sociolinguistics; Introduction; Quantitative Approaches to Generalization; Statistical Inference: The Significance of Significance; Statistical Modeling; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Focusing on Aspects of Sociocultural Context in Analyzing Language
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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