Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods - Studying Language Issues That Matter

This is a timely guide on conducting concrete ethnographic and discourse analytic research projects. Adopting a critical perspective focusing on the role of language in the construction of social difference and social inequality, the authors walk the reader through five key moments in the life of a research project.

List of contents

Introduction
FIRST KEY MOMENT: Formulating your research question
SECOND KEY MOMENT. Designing your research
THIRD KEY MOMENT: Generating your data
FOURTH KEY MOMENT: Analyzing your data
FIFTH KEY MOMENT. Making your story
SHOP FLOOR
Epilogue
References
Further reading

About the author

Monica Heller is Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she is also a Past President of the American Anthropological Association.
Sari Pietikäinen is Professor of Discourse Studies in the Department of Language and Communication Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She is also Director of the Jyväskylä Discourse Hub.
Joan Pujolar is Associate Professor in the Arts and Humanities Department at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain. He is also Director of the Research Group on Language, Culture and Identity in the Global World and President of the Catalan Society of Sociolinguistics.

Summary

This is a timely guide on conducting concrete ethnographic and discourse analytic research projects. Adopting a critical perspective focusing on the role of language in the construction of social difference and social inequality, the authors walk the reader through five key moments in the life of a research project.

Product details

• Authors: Monica Heller, Monica (University of Toronto Heller, Monica Pietikainen Heller, Heller Monica, Sari Pietikainen, Sari (University of Jyvaskyla Pietikainen, Sari Pietikäinen, Joan Pujolar, Joan (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Pujolar, Pujolar Joan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138825901
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82590-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); History, Media Studies, Sociology, Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Communication Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Higher education, tertiary education, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Research methods: general