Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism

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 Autònoma 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 cárcel de las palabras: Ensayo sobre el lenguaje y la desigualdad social (1988, with J. M. de Miguel).

• List of Figures viiList of Tables viiiNotes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xvPreface xviPart I Researching Bilingualism and Multilingualism 11 Research Perspectives on Bilingualism and Multilingualism 3Li Wei2 Research as Practice: Linking Theory, Method, and Data 18Melissa G. MoyerPart II Procedures, Methods, and Tools 333 Types and Sources of Bilingual Data 35Jacomine Nortier4 Bilingual Speech Data: Criteria for Classification 53Penelope Gardner-Chloros5 Selecting Individuals, Groups, and Sites 73Elizabeth Lanza6 Study Design: Cross-sectional, Longitudinal, Case, and Group 88Zhu Hua and Annabelle David7 Laboratory Designs and Paradigms: Words, Sounds, and Sentences 108Judith F. Kroll, Chip Gerfen, and Paola E. Dussias8 Imaging Technologies 132Jubin Abutalebi and Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa9 Interviews and Questionnaires 158Eva Codó10 Recording Audio and Video 177Ignasi Clemente11 Transcription 192Maria Teresa Turell and Melissa G. Moyer12 Quantification and Statistics 214Natasha Tokowicz and Tessa Warren13 Data Banks and Corpora 232Ad Backus14 Doing Ethnography 249Monica Heller15 Social Network Analysis 263Xu Daming, Wang Xiaomei, and Li Wei16 Conversation and Interactional Analysis 275Holly R. Cashman17 Critical Discourse Analysis 296Adrian Blackledge18 Narrative Analysis 311Aneta Pavlenko19 Media Analysis 326Tony PurvisPart III Project Ideas, Dissemination, and Resources 34320 Project Ideas 345Li Wei and Melissa G. Moyer21 Disseminating Research: A Guide to Conference Presentation and Journal Publication 354Melissa G. Moyer and Li Wei22 Resources for Research on Bilingualism and Multilingualism 361Li Wei and Melissa G. MoyerReferences 365Index 399

“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)