Projects in linguistics : a practical guide to researching language
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Projects in linguistics : a practical guide to researching language
Arnold, 1998
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- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-291) and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780340652107
Description
Shortlisted for the 1999 BAAL Book prize.
Giving an overview of major themes in the areas of linguistics most commonly chosen by students, and introducing the tools and techniques of research, this book provides practical advice on how to choose a research topic, how to collect data and analyse it, and how to write up the results. Incorporating over 250 project ideas, and covering plagiarism, referencing, the use of corpora, phonetic and orthographic transcription, and tips on writing good English, 'Projects in Linguistics' is a treasure-trove of information.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1 Projects on
Psycholinguistics
First language acquisition and development
Conversation analysis
Second language acquisition
Style in texts
Sociolinguistics
Accents and dialects of English
Structure and meaning
Historical linguistics
Language and gender
Part 2 Techniques
Tape recording data
Experiments
Questionnaires
Interviews
Observation and case studies
Part 3 Tools
Transcribing speech phonetically and phonemically
Transcribing speech orthographically
Using computers to study text
Data Protection Act
How to reference
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
Statistics
Using an abstracting journal
Handy hints on writing good academic English
References.
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: hbk ISBN 9780340700020
Description
A companion for students undertaking a piece of independent research for the first time. It introduces the most commonly used tools and techniques of research and offers practical advice on how to choose a research topic, how to collect data, how to analyze it and how to write up the results. Sections on the main areas of linguistics discuss problems of research that are specific to the topic, and there are appendices on plagiarism, referencing, writing academic English, and the use of corpora, amongst others. The work seeks to bridge the gap between what research methods textbooks cover and what students need to know in order to conduct research successfully at undergraduate level.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: choosing an area
- what am I expected to do?
- where do I start?
- using resources
- being a researcher. Part 2 Writing a project in...: sociolinguistics
- psycholinguistics
- conversation analysis
- language acquisition and development
- pragmatics
- accent and dialect studies
- phonology
- historical linguistics
- grammar and meaning
- stylistics
- teaching and learning
- multilingualism
- language and gender. Part 3 Tools: qualitative techniques
- quantitative techniques
- transcribing data techniques
- using computers. Part 4 Bringing it all together: relationship between sub-disciplines
- presentation.
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