McPherron / Smoke Thinking Sociolinguistically

How to Plan, Conduct and Present Your Research Project
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-137-60598-6
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

This is a practical guide to planning, conducting and presenting a sociolinguistic research project. Written in an accessible and engaging style, the book begins with a brief review of what sociolinguists study and how they study it, before guiding students step-by-step through the research process. It presents a range of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods, including surveys, interviews and corpora, supported by examples from both published researchers and student projects. Drawing on the experiences of their own students, the authors provide supportive guidance on common areas of difficulty, such as framing questions, selecting participants and interpreting data. The final part shows you how to organise and write up your findings. Chapters are further enriched with hands-on activities and discussion questions.

This is an essential companion for budding sociolinguistic researchers with a desire to understand the linguistic landscapes around them and communicate their findings to others.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

McPherron, Paul

Smoke, Trudy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Part One: Thinking Sociolinguistically.- 1. What is Sociolinguistics Research?.- 2. Getting Started with a Sociolinguistic Research Project.- Part Two: Data Collection Methods in Sociolinguistics.- 3. Survey Data.- 4. Interviews.- 5. Participant Observation.- 6. Linguistic Landscape and Computer-mediated Data Sources.- Part Three: Data Analysis Methods in Sociolinguistics.- 7. Qualitative Data Analysis.- 8. Discourse Analysis.- 9. Statistical Analysis.- 10. Corpus Data Analysis.- Part Four: Putting it all Together and Finding Your Voice.- 11. Organizing Your Research Paper.- 12. Sounding Like a Sociolinguist.- Glossary.- References.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Paul McPherron and Trudy Smoke are based at Hunter College, which is part of the larger City University of New York system. They have taught sociolinguistics for many years, and the book has been inspired by their experiences of guiding their own students through the research process.