1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics
The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of various ways in which experiments are used across all domains of linguistics and surveys the range of state-of-the-art methods that can be applied to analyse the language of populations with a wide range of linguistic profiles.
Each chapter provides a step-by-step introduction to theoretical and methodological challenges and critically presents a wide range of studies in various domains of experimental linguistics.
This handbook:
- Provides a unified perspective on the data, methods and findings stemming from all experimental research in linguistics
- Covers many different subfields of linguistics, including argumentation theory, discourse studies and typology
- Provides an introduction to classical as well as new methods to conduct experiments such as eye tracking and brain imaging
- Features a range of internationally renowned academics
- Shows how experimental research can be used to study populations with various linguistic profiles, including young children, people with linguistic impairments, older adults, language learners and bilingual speakers
Providing readers with a wealth of theoretical and practical information in order to guide them in designing methodologically sound linguistic experiments, this handbook is essential reading for scholars and students researching in all areas of linguistics.
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction: The Origins and Importance of Experimental Linguistics
PART I: FOCUS ON LINGUISTIC DOMAINS
- Historical Perspectives on the Use of Experimental Methods in Linguistics
- Experimental Phonetics and Phonology
- Experimental Morphology
- Experimental Syntax
- Experimental Semantics
- Experimental Pragmatics
- Experimental Sociolinguistics
- Experimental Studies in Discourse
- Experimental Studies in Argumentation
- Experimental Research in Cross-Linguistic Psycholinguistics
- Experimental Methods to Study Distributed Comprehension of Action Language
- Eliciting Spontaneous Linguistic Productions
- Analysing Speech Perception
- Contrasting Online and Offline Measures: Examples from Experimental Research on Linguistic Relativity
- Cognitive Processes Involved in Text Comprehension: Walking the Fine Line between Passive and Strategic Validating Processes in Reading
- Analysing Reading with Eye Tracking
- Analysing Spoken Language Comprehension with Eye Tracking
- Mobile Eye-tracking for Multimodal Interaction Analysis
- Analysing Language using Brain Imaging
- New Trends in Statistical Analysis for Experimental Linguistics
- Assessing Adult Linguistic Competence
- Dealing with Participant Variability in Experimental Linguistics
- Testing in the Lab and Testing through the Web
- Experimental Methods to Study Child Language
- Experimental Methods to Study Atypical Language Development
- Experimental Methods to Study Disorders of Language Production in Adults
- Experimental Methods for Studying Second Language Learners
- Experimental Methods to Study Bilinguals
- Experimental Methods to Study Cultural Differences in Linguistics
- Experimental Methods to Study Late-Life Language Learning
Alan Garnham
Ivana Didirková and Anne Catherine Simon
Vera Heyer
Yamila Sevilla and María Elina Sánchez
Stephanie Solt
Tomoko Matsui
Erez Levon
Ted J. M. Sanders, Jet Hoek, and Merel C. J. Scholman
Peter J. Collins and Ulrike Hahn
Sebastian Sauppe, Caroline Andrews and Elisabeth Norcliffe
Carole Madden-Lombardi and William Dupont
PART II: FOCUS ON EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Jennifer Arnold
Sandra Schwab and Nathalie Giroud
Sayaka Sato and Norbert Vanek
Anne E. Cook and Edward J. O’Brien
Anna Siyanova-Chanturia and Irina Elgort
Yipu Wei and Michael K. Tanenhaus
Geert Brône and Bert Oben
Trisha Thomas, Francesca Pesciarelli, Clara D. Martin and Sendy Caffarra
Shravan Vasishth
Lydia White
Ute Gabriel and Pascal Gygax
Jonathan D. Kim
PART III: FOCUS ON SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Titia Benders, Nan Xu Rattanasone, Rosalind Thornton, Iris Mulders and Loes Koring
Phaedra Royle, Émilie Courteau and Marie Pourquié
Andrea Marini
Alan Juffs and Shaohua Fang
Ramesh Kumar Mishra and Seema Prasad
Evangelia Adamou
Merel Keijzer, Jelle Brouwer, Floor van den Berg and Mara van der Ploeg
Index
Biography
Sandrine Zufferey is a Professor of French linguistics at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Pascal Gygax is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Offering impressive breadth and depth of coverage, and surveying classic and cutting-edge approaches and techniques, The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics uniquely positions itself as an indispensable resource for the novice and expert linguistics researcher alike. Essential reading for any methods course, too. Highly recommended.
Professor Panos Athanasopoulos, Lancaster University, UK
The use of experimental methods is no longer something peripheral but lies at the core of language studies. Yet we lack coherent overviews of the large body of methods and knowledge from experiments on language. This book fills a gap and it is essential for the new generation of linguists.
Professor Valentina Bambini, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Italy
