Methods of linguistic data collection are among the most central aspects in empirical linguistics. While written questionnaires have only played a minor role in the field of social dialectology, the study of regional and social variation, the last decade has seen a methodological revival. This book is the first monograph-length account on written questionnaires in more than 60 years. It reconnects – for the newcomer and the more seasoned empirical linguist alike – the older questionnaire tradition, last given serious treatment in the 1950s, with the more recent instantiations, reincarnations and new developments in an up-to-date, near-comprehensive account. A disciplinary history of the method sets the scene for a discussion of essential theoretical aspects in dialectology and sociolinguistics. The book is rounded off by a step-by-step practical guide – from study idea to data analysis and statistics – that includes hands-on sections on Excel and the statistical suite R for the novice.This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/impact.40.website
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1. List of common abbreviations; 2. List of tables; 3. List of figures; 4. List of illustrations; 5. Acknowledgements; 6. Abstract; 7. Author's preface; 8. 1. Written Questionnaires in the wider linguistic context; 9. Part I. History & theory; 10. 2. A history of written questionnaires in social dialectology; 11. 3. A comparison of data collection methodologies; 12. 4. Types of traditional WQ variables; 13. 5. World Englishes, multilingualism and written questionnaires; 14. 6. WQ data and linguistic theory; 15. Part II. Practice; 16. 7. Questionnaire design and data collection; 17. 8. Working with WQ data; 18. 9. Statistical testing with R; 19. 10. Epilogue; 20. Reference; 21. Index
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This is an important book. Written questionnaires were a vital tool in early dialectological work, and Dollinger shows that they also have an exciting future. These pages clearly explain how questionnaires can be used with subtlety, and how they can tell us things that other methodologies cannot.
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ISBN
9789027258328
Publisert
2015-12-16
Utgiver
Vendor
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Vekt
700 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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