Sociolinguistics : method and interpretation

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Title:

Author:

Milroy, Lesley.

ISBN:

9780631222255

9780631222248

Personal Author:

Milroy, Lesley.

Publication Information:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2003.

Physical Description:

xv, 261 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Language in society ; 34

Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 34.

Contents:

1. Sociolinguistics: Models and Methods -- 2. Locating and Selecting Subjects -- 3. Data Collection -- 4. Language Variation and the Social World: Issues in Analysis and Interpretation -- 5. Social Relationships and Social Practices -- 6. Investigating Phonological Variation -- 7. Beyond Phonology: Analyzing and Interpreting Higher Level Variation -- 8. Style-Shifting and Code-Switching -- 9. Epilogue.

Abstract:

"Milroy and Gordon show how the research paradigm established by a few influential pioneers has been fruitfully expanded by new trends. Sociolinguistics considers issues of speaker selection and data collection; social dimensions of linguistic variation; syntactic and phonological variation; and style-shifting and code-switching. This book is a vital resource for helping readers design their research and evaluate the research of others."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Sociolinguistics.

Added Author:

Gordon, Matthew.

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Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology while recognizing that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory.

Presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology.
Considers a range of issues including speaker selection, data collection, social considerations, phonological and syntactical variation, style-shifting and code-switching.
Recognizes that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory.
Stresses the need for the entire research process from the initial design of the project to the interpretation of results to be grounded in theoretically defensible positions.
Shows how the research paradigm established by a few influential pioneers has been fruitfully expanded by exciting new trends.