Most recent homework (for November 21)
Hélène Blondeau: Studying language over time. Podesva & Sharma, eds., 494-518.
Ongoing tasks: find research articles and theses about topics that interest you. Look at their structure, find research questions and methodology. Present these in class.
Text to start with:
Jane Sunderland. 2010. Research questions in linguistics. In Research methods in linguistics, ed. Lia Litosseliti, 9-28. London: Bloomsbury.
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Questions:
QuestionsSunderland2010
Texts we discussed in class:
- Natalie Schilling: Surveys and interviews. Podesva & Sharma, eds., 96-116.
- Paul Baker: Corpus methods in linguistics. Litosseliti, ed., 93-113.
- Stefan Th. Gries & John Newman: Creating and using corpora. Podesva & Sharma, eds., 257-287.
Sources:
Litosseliti, Lia, ed. 2010. Research methods in linguistics. London: Bloomsbury.
Podesva, Robert J. & Sharma, Devyani, eds. 2013. Research methods in linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.