2nd Edition
Data Collection in Sociolinguistics Methods and Applications, Second Edition
The second edition of Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications continues to provide up-to-date, succinct, relevant, and informative discussion about methods of data collection in sociolinguistic research. Written by a range of top sociolinguists, both veteran and emerging scholars, it covers the main areas of research design, conducting research, and sharing data findings. In addition to revisions of original material, this edition includes nine new vignettes covering such topics as collecting data from social media, conducting linguistic landscape research, forensic linguistic data collection, and working with transgender communities. A companion website, http://sociolinguisticdatacollection.com, provides enhanced pedagogical features such as discussion questions, activities, end-of-chapter exercises, and contributor videos. This volume is the one-stop, go-to guide for the numerous quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods used in sociolinguistic research; it is the ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in sociolinguistic research, field methods and data collection.
Foreword: Observing the Observers
J. K. Chambers
Acknowledgments
PART I: Research Design
1 Research Design
Christine Mallinson
2 Ways of Observing: Studying the Interplay of Social and Linguistic Variation
Barbara M. Horvath
Vignette 2a. Multidisciplinary Sociolinguistic Studies
Marcia Farr
Vignette 2b. How to Uncover Linguistic Variables
Walt Wolfram
Vignette 2c. Studying Difficult to Study Variables
J. Daniel Hasty
Vignette 2d. How to Uncover Social Variables: A Focus on Clans
James N. Stanford
Vignette 2e. How to Uncover Social Variables: A Focus on Social Class
Rania Habib
3 Social Ethics for Sociolinguistics
Sara Trechter
Vignette 3a. Responsibility to Research Participants in Representation
Niko Besnier
Vignette 3b. Working with Transgender Communities
Lal Zimman
Vignette 3c. Conducting Research with Vulnerable Populations
Stephen L. Mann
Vignette 3d. Ethical Dilemmas in the Use of Public Documents
Susan Ehrlich
Vignette 3e. Real Ethical Issues in Virtual World Research
Randall Sadler
PART II: Generating New Data
4 Generating New Data
Becky Childs
5 Ethnographic Fieldwork
Erez Levon
Vignette 5a. The Joy of Sociolinguistic Fieldwork
John R. Rickford
Vignette 5b. Fieldwork in Immigrant Communities
James A. Walker and Michol F. Hoffman
Vignette 5c. Fieldwork in Migrant and Diasporic Communities
Rajend Mesthrie
Vignette 5d. Fieldwork in Remnant Dialect Communities
Patricia Causey Nichols
Vignette 5e. Linguistic Landscape and Ethnographic Fieldwork
Jackie Jia Lou
6 The Sociolinguistic Interview
Kara Becker
Vignette 6a. Cross-cultural Issues in Studying Endangered
Indigenous Languages
D. Victoria Rau
Vignette 6b. Conducting Sociolinguistic Interviews in Deaf Communities
Ceil Lucas
Vignette 6c. Special Issues in Collecting Interview Data for
Sign Language Projects
Joseph Hill
Vignette 6d. Other Interviewing Techniques in Sociolinguistics
Boyd Davis
7 The Technology of Conducting Sociolinguistic Interviews
Paul De Decker and Jennifer Nycz
Vignette 7a. Technological Challenges in Sociolinguistic Data Collection
Lauren Hall-Lew and Bartlomiej Plichta
8 Surveys: The Use of Written Questionnaires in Sociolinguistics
Charles Boberg
Vignette 8a. Language Attitude Surveys: Speaker Evaluation Studies
Kathryn Campbell-Kibler
Vignette 8b. Cultural Challenges in Online Survey Data Collection
Naomi S. Baron
Vignette 8c. Dialect Surveys and Student-Led Data Collection
Laurel Mackenzie
9 Experiments
Cynthia G. Clopper
PART III: Working with and Preserving Existing Data
10 Working with and Preserving Existing Data
Gerard Van Herk
11 Written Data Sources
Edgar W. Schneider
Vignette 11a. Accessing the Vernacular in Written Documents
France Martineau
Vignette 11b. Adapting Existing Data Sources: Language and the Law
Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer
Vignette 11c. Issues in Forensic Linguistic Data Collection
Ronald R. Butters
Vignette 11d. Advances in Sociolinguistic Transcription Methods
Alexandra D’arcy
Vignette 11e. Transcribing Video Data
Cécile B. Vigouroux
12 Data Preservation and Access
Tyler Kendall
Vignette 12a. Making Sociolinguistic Data Accessible
William A. Kretzschmar, Jr.
Vignette 12b. Establishing Corpora from Existing Data Sources
Mark Davies
Vignette 12c. Working with "Unconventional" Existing Data Sources
Joan C. Beal and Karen P. Corrigan
13 Working with Performed Language: Movies, Television, and Music
Robin Queen
Vignette 13a. Working with Scripted Data: A Focus on
African American English
Tracey L. Weldon
Vignette 13b. Working with Scripted Data: Variations among
Scripts, Texts, and Performances
Michael Adams
14 Online Data Collection
Jannis Androutsopoulos
Vignette 14a. Sociolinguistic Approaches to Storytelling in
Facebook Status Updates
Ruth Page
Vignette 14b. Collecting Data from Twitter
Steven Coats
PART IV: Sharing Data and Findings
15 Sharing Data and Findings
Christine Mallinson
16 Community Activism: Turning Things Around
Arapera Ngaha
17 Sociolinguistic Engagement in Schools: Collecting and Sharing Data
Anne H. Charity Hudley
Vignette 17a. Beyond Lists of Differences to Accurate Descriptions
Lisa Green
Vignette 17b. Linguistic Flexibility in Urban Zambian Schoolchildren
Robert Serpell
Vignette 17c. Engagement with Schools: Sharing Data and Findings
Donna Starks
18 Sociolinguistics in and for the Media
Jennifer Sclafani
Vignette 18a. Media Interest in Sociolinguistic Endeavors
Scott F. Kiesling
Vignette 18b. Sociolinguistics on BBC Radio
Clive Upton
Vignette 18c. Media, Politics, and Semantic Change
Andrew D. Wong
Vignette 18d. Engaging with Local and Mass Media on
Issues of Language Policy
Phillip M. Carter
19 Conclusion
Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, and Gerard Van Herk
Biography
Christine Mallinson is Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture and Affiliate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.
Becky Childs is Professor of English at Coastal Carolina University, USA.
Gerard Van Herk is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
"Since its first edition, Data Collection in Sociolinguistics has provided an up-to-the-minute overview of the issues facing the sociolinguistic researcher. The lineup of authors, the range of topics and contexts, and the nuanced handling of complex issues make this volume crucial for seasoned researchers as well as students just entering the field."
Mary Bucholtz, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA"The last few years have seen various introductory books on sociolinguistic methodologies. This one is certainly one of the best buys on the market – sophisticated, up-to-date, and innovative while at the same time authoritative and highly accessible; simply everything researchers, old and young, need to know!"
Daniel Schreier, University of Zurich, Switzerland
