Research Methods in Linguistics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350429155 ISBN 13: 9781350429154

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK), 2025

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Lia Litosseliti is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Associate Dean for Internationalisation at City, University of London. Her research interests are in the areas of gender and language, discourse analysis and research methodologies. She is the author of Using Focus Groups in Research (2003) and Gender and Language: Theory and Practice (2006); editor of Research Methods in Linguistics (2010/ 2018); and co-editor of Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis (2002, with Jane Sunderland), Gender and Language Research Methodologies (2008, with Kate Harrington, Helen Sauntson, and Jane Sunderland) and Gender and Language in African Contexts (2013, with Lilian Atanga, Sibonile Ellece and Jane Sunderland). Lia was President of the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) and Associate Editor of Gender and Language, and has acted as reviewer for a range of funding bodies and journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK)
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350429155
• ISBN 13: 9781350429154
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Lia Litosseliti