The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism

In summary, I can think of no other text that offers such a wide range of practical advise for actually carrying out research. This guide will find a place in courses on bi- and multilingualism, in linguistic field methods and even ethnographic methods courses, as well as on the shelves of university libraries and scholars interested in this subject. (Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 19 June 2013) "This book accomplishes something quite unique, in providing a background knowledge and understanding of research methodologies used in studies of bilingualism and multilingualism." (Journal of Sociolinguistics, April 2009) "Provides a comprehensive overview of research methods on bilingualism. The overview of each research method is very brief and clear." (Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009)

Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London. He is editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and author/editor of numerous books and articles, including Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family (1994), The Bilingualism Reader (2000), and The Handbook of Multilingualism and Multilingual Communication (2007, with Peter Auer). Melissa G. Moyer is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona. Her current research and publications are concerned with migration and the management of multilingualism. She is author of the award winning book La crcel de las palabras: Ensayo sobre el lenguaje y la desigualdad social (1988, with J. M. de Miguel).

List of Figures vii List of Tables viii Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xv Preface xvi Part I Researching Bilingualism and Multilingualism 1 1 Research Perspectives on Bilingualism and Multilingualism 3 Li Wei 2 Research as Practice: Linking Theory, Method, and Data 18 Melissa G. Moyer Part II Procedures, Methods, and Tools 33 3 Types and Sources of Bilingual Data 35 Jacomine Nortier 4 Bilingual Speech Data: Criteria for Classification 53 Penelope Gardner-Chloros 5 Selecting Individuals, Groups, and Sites 73 Elizabeth Lanza 6 Study Design: Cross-sectional, Longitudinal, Case, and Group 88 Zhu Hua and Annabelle David 7 Laboratory Designs and Paradigms: Words, Sounds, and Sentences 108 Judith F. Kroll, Chip Gerfen, and Paola E. Dussias 8 Imaging Technologies 132 Jubin Abutalebi and Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa 9 Interviews and Questionnaires 158 Eva Cod 10 Recording Audio and Video 177 Ignasi Clemente 11 Transcription 192 Maria Teresa Turell and Melissa G. Moyer 12 Quantification and Statistics 214 Natasha Tokowicz and Tessa Warren 13 Data Banks and Corpora 232 Ad Backus 14 Doing Ethnography 249 Monica Heller 15 Social Network Analysis 263 Xu Daming, Wang Xiaomei, and Li Wei 16 Conversation and Interactional Analysis 275 Holly R. Cashman 17 Critical Discourse Analysis 296 Adrian Blackledge 18 Narrative Analysis 311 Aneta Pavlenko 19 Media Analysis 326 Tony Purvis Part III Project Ideas, Dissemination, and Resources 343 20 Project Ideas 345 Li Wei and Melissa G. Moyer 21 Disseminating Research: A Guide to Conference Presentation and Journal Publication 354 Melissa G. Moyer and Li Wei 22 Resources for Research on Bilingualism and Multilingualism 361 Li Wei and Melissa G. Moyer References 365 Index 399