Experimental Research Methods in Sociolinguistics

An accessible, user-friendly guide to the variety of different experimental methods used in sociolinguistics, Experimental Research Methods in Sociolinguistics walks students through the "how-to" of experimental methods used to investigate variation in both speech production and perception. Focusing squarely on practice and application, it takes the reader from defining a research question, to choosing an appropriate framework, to completing a research project. Featuring a companion website with information on experiment-friendly software, sample experiments and suggestions for work to undertake, the book also covers: -Ethical concerns-How to measure production and perception-How to construct and use corpora>

About the author

Katie Drager is Associate Professor at University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Katie Drager, Katie (Associate Professor Drager
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781474251785
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-5178-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Research Methods in Linguistics; Research Methods in Linguistic; Research Methods in Linguistics; Research Methods in Linguistic
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics