The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism

by Wei, Li; Moyer, Melissa G.

• ISBN13: 9781405179003
• ISBN10: 1405179007
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-03
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Written by leading experts in the field,The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualismfocuses on the methodology of research in this rapidly growing field. Intended both for the novice and the expert researcher, the book highlights the interdisciplinary nature of research on bilingualism and multilingualism and offers a practical guide to the specific procedures and tools for collecting and analyzing data specifically addresses methodological issues, discussing research topics, core concepts and approaches, and the methods, techniques and tools available provides project ideas and practical advice on conference presentations and publication brings together a team of leading international experts in the field links theory to method, and to data, answering the market need for a volume on bilingualism and multilingualism that deals with its methodology in a systematic and coherent way

Author Biography

Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London. He is editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and author/editor of numerous books and articles, including Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family (1994), The Bilingualism Reader (2000), and Language Learning and Teaching as Social Inter-Action (2007, with Zhu Hua, P. Seedhouse and V. Cook).

Melissa Moyer is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Her current research and publications are concerned with migration and the management of multilingualism. She is author of the award winning book La carcel de las palabras: Ensayo sobre el lenguaje y la desigualdad social (1988, with J. M. de Miguel).

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Preface	p. xvi
Researching Bilingualism and Multilingualism	p. 1
Research Perspectives on Bilingualism and Multilingualism	p. 3
Research as Practice: Linking Theory, Method, and Data	p. 18
Procedures, Methods, and Tools	p. 33
Types and Sources of Bilingual Data	p. 35
Bilingual Speech Data: Criteria for Classification	p. 53
Selecting Individuals, Groups, and Sites	p. 73
Study Design: Cross-sectional, Longitudinal, Case, and Group	p. 88
Laboratory Designs and Paradigms: Words, Sounds, and Sentences	p. 108
Imaging Technologies	p. 132
Interviews and Questionnaires	p. 158
Recording Audio and Video	p. 177
Transcription	p. 192
Quantification and Statistics	p. 214
Data Banks and Corpora	p. 232
Doing Ethnography	p. 249
Social Network Analysis	p. 263
Conversation and Interactional Analysis	p. 275
Critical Discourse Analysis	p. 296
Narrative Analysis	p. 311
Media Analysis	p. 326
Project Ideas, Dissemination, and Resources	p. 343
Project Ideas	p. 345
Disseminating Research: A Guide to Conference Presentation and Journal Publication	p. 354
Resources for Research on Bilingualism and Multilingualism	p. 361
References	p. 365
Index	p. 399
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