Sociolinguistics

von Gordon, Milroy

280 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology while recognizing that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory. - Presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology. - Considers a range of issues including speaker selection, data collection, social considerations, phonological and syntactical variation, style-shifting and code-switching. - Recognizes that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory. - Stresses the need for the entire research process from the initial design of the project to the interpretation of results to be grounded in theoretically defensible positions. - Shows how the research paradigm established by a few influential pioneers has been fruitfully expanded by exciting new trends.

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9780631222255
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2003
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons