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Informationen zum Autor Sali Tagliamonte is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. Klappentext The study of how language varies in social context! and how it can be analyzed and accounted for! are the key goals of sociolinguistics. This is the first comprehensive how to guide to the formal analysis of sociolinguistic variation. Practical and informal! it shows in a step-by-step fashion how the analysis is carried out! leading the reader through every stage of a fully-fledged sociolinguistic investigation. Containing exercises! checklists and insider tips! it is set to become an essential resource for students! researchers and fieldworkers embarking on research projects in sociolinguistics. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive 'how to' guide to the formal analysis of sociolinguistic variation (how language varies in social context). Practical and informal! it shows in a step-by-step fashion how the analysis is carried out! leading the reader through every stage of a sociolinguistic research project. Contains checklists! tips! and exercises. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Data collection; 3. The sociolinguistic interview; 4. Data, data and more data; 5. The linguistic variable; 6. Formulating hypothesis/operationalizing claims; 7. The variable rule program: theory and practice; 8. The 'how to's of a variationist analysis; 9. Distributional analysis; 10. Multivariate analysis; 11. Interpreting your results; 12. Finding the story.
