Research Catalog

Title

Qualitative methods in sociolinguistics / Barbara Johnstone.

Author

Johnstone, Barbara.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

xi, 164 pages; 21 cm

Summary

"Qualitative Methods in Sociolinguistics is the only book on qualitative research methods designed especially for readers doing research on language and society. It provides a brief, accessible introduction to general theoretical and practical questions about research and also covers the principal means of selecting, collecting, and analyzing data for interpretive sociolinguistic work. Comprehensible to students at all levels, this unique work is an ideal supplementary text for courses in sociolinguistics, language and culture, and field methods. It is also a helpful reference for anyone contemplating sociolinguistic research on any level."--Jacket.

Subject

• Sociolinguistics > Research > Methodology
• Qualitative research
• 17.20 sociolinguistics: general
• Sociolinguistics > Research > Methodology
• Qualitative research
• Soziolinguistik
• Qualitative Methode
• Sociolinguïstiek
• Kwalitatieve methoden
• Qualitative research > Methodology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-157) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Methodology in Historical Context -- Ch. 3. Thinking About Methodology -- Ch. 4. Some Legal and Ethical Issues -- Ch. 5. Standards of Evidence: How Do You Know When You're Right? -- Ch. 6. Thinking: Introspection and Intuition -- Ch. 7. Looking: Participant Observation -- Ch. 8. Reading and Listening: Discourse Analysis -- Ch. 9. Writing.

ISBN

• 0195133978
• 9780195133974

LCCN

• 99033400
• 9780195133974

OCLC

• ocm41527945
• 41527945
• SCSB-964462

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library