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Projects in linguistics : a practical guide to researching language

By: Wray, AlisonContributor(s): Trott, Kate | Bloomer, AileenMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Arnold, 1998Description: xv, 303 pISBN: 0340700025 (hb); 9780340700020; 0340652101 (pb); 9780340652107Subject(s): LinguisticsDDC classification: 410 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online

Contents:

Introduction : starting on the right foot -- pt. 1. Areas of study and project ideas. 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 -- pt. 2. Techniques for collecting data. Tape-recording data -- Experiments -- Questionnaires -- Interviews -- Observation and case studies -- pt. 3. Tools for data analysis and project writing. Transcribing speech phonetically and phonemically -- Transcribing speech orthographically -- Using computers to study texts -- The Data Protection Act -- How to reference -- Plagiarism and how to avoid it -- Statistics -- Using an abstracting journal -- Handy hints on writing good academic English.

Summary: Projects in Linguistics has been designed to assist students undertaking a piece of independent research for the first time. It introduces the most commonly used tools and techniques, and offers practical advice on how to research a topic.

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Included Index.

Introduction : starting on the right foot --
pt. 1. Areas of study and project ideas. 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 --
pt. 2. Techniques for collecting data. Tape-recording data --
Experiments --
Questionnaires --
Interviews --
Observation and case studies --
pt. 3. Tools for data analysis and project writing. Transcribing speech phonetically and phonemically --
Transcribing speech orthographically --
Using computers to study texts --
The Data Protection Act --
How to reference --
Plagiarism and how to avoid it --
Statistics --
Using an abstracting journal --
Handy hints on writing good academic English.

Projects in Linguistics has been designed to assist students undertaking a piece of independent research for the first time. It introduces the most commonly used tools and techniques, and offers practical advice on how to research a topic.

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