Sali A. Tagliamonte

Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its second edition, this is an invaluable manual for teaching and learning variation analysis, the quantitative study of linguistic variation and change. Written by a leading scholar in the field with over thirty years of experience, it provides an insider's view of the methodology through practical, 'hands-on' advice, including straightforward instructions for conducting analyses using the R programming language, the new gold standard for analysis. It leads readers through each phase of a research study based on data gathered in sociocultural contexts, beginning with the selection and sampling of a data source, to hints on successful project design, interview techniques, data management, analysis and interpretation, with systematic procedures provided at each step of the process. This edition has been fully updated, with new insights and explanations in line with recent discoveries in the field, making it essential reading for anyone embarking on their own sociolinguistic research project.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009403085
• ISBN-10: 1009403087
• Artikelnr.: 73391181

Autorenporträt

Sali A. Tagliamonte is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto, a Canada Research Chair and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her recent publications include Making Waves (2016) and Teen Talk (2016). She is also the editor of the book series, Studies in Language Variation and Change.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of Tables
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Data collection
3. The sociolinguistic interview
4. Data handling
5. The linguistic variable
6. Formulating hypotheses/operationalising claims
7. Why use statistics?
8. Distributional analysis
9. Exploratory modelling
10. Mixed effects modelling
11. Visualisation
12. Reporting your results
13. Finding the story
References
Index.

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1. Introduction; 2. Data collection; 3. The sociolinguistic interview; 4. Data, data and more data; 5. The linguistic variable; 6. Formulating hypothesis/operationalizing claims; 7. The variable rule program: theory and practice; 8. The 'how to's of a variationist analysis; 9. Distributional analysis; 10. Multivariate analysis; 11. Interpreting your results; 12. Finding the story.

Rezensionen

'Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation will be of most use to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are already familiar with the ideas and goals of sociolinguistics, and who need to know how to conduct their own research, or participate in larger collaborative research projects. I am sure that the offices and labs of variationists everywhere will soon be identifiable by the presence of well-thumbed copies of this book.' Canadian Journal of Linguistics