Data Collection in Sociolinguistics

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.

• Foreword: Observing the Observers J. K. ChambersAcknowledgmentsPART I: Research Design 1 Research Design Christine Mallinson2 Ways of Observing: Studying the Interplay of Social and Linguistic Variation Barbara M. HorvathVignette 2a. Multidisciplinary Sociolinguistic Studies Marcia FarrVignette 2b. How to Uncover Linguistic Variables Walt WolframVignette 2c. Studying Difficult to Study Variables J. Daniel HastyVignette 2d. How to Uncover Social Variables: A Focus on Clans James N. StanfordVignette 2e. How to Uncover Social Variables: A Focus on Social Class Rania Habib3 Social Ethics for Sociolinguistics Sara TrechterVignette 3a. Responsibility to Research Participants in Representation Niko BesnierVignette 3b. Working with Transgender Communities Lal ZimmanVignette 3c. Conducting Research with Vulnerable Populations Stephen L. MannVignette 3d. Ethical Dilemmas in the Use of Public Documents Susan EhrlichVignette 3e. Real Ethical Issues in Virtual World Research Randall SadlerPART II: Generating New Data 4 Generating New Data Becky Childs5 Ethnographic Fieldwork Erez LevonVignette 5a. The Joy of Sociolinguistic Fieldwork John R. RickfordVignette 5b. Fieldwork in Immigrant Communities James A. Walker and Michol F. HoffmanVignette 5c. Fieldwork in Migrant and Diasporic Communities Rajend MesthrieVignette 5d. Fieldwork in Remnant Dialect Communities Patricia Causey NicholsVignette 5e. Linguistic Landscape and Ethnographic Fieldwork Jackie Jia Lou6 The Sociolinguistic Interview Kara BeckerVignette 6a. Cross-cultural Issues in Studying EndangeredIndigenous Languages D. Victoria RauVignette 6b. Conducting Sociolinguistic Interviews in Deaf Communities Ceil LucasVignette 6c. Special Issues in Collecting Interview Data forSign Language ProjectsJoseph HillVignette 6d. Other Interviewing Techniques in Sociolinguistics Boyd Davis7 The Technology of Conducting Sociolinguistic Interviews Paul De Decker and Jennifer NyczVignette 7a. Technological Challenges in Sociolinguistic Data Collection Lauren Hall-Lew and Bartlomiej Plichta8 Surveys: The Use of Written Questionnaires in Sociolinguistics Charles BobergVignette 8a. Language Attitude Surveys: Speaker Evaluation Studies Kathryn Campbell-KiblerVignette 8b. Cultural Challenges in Online Survey Data Collection Naomi S. BaronVignette 8c. Dialect Surveys and Student-Led Data Collection Laurel Mackenzie9 Experiments Cynthia G. ClopperPART III: Working with and Preserving Existing Data 10 Working with and Preserving Existing Data Gerard Van Herk11 Written Data Sources Edgar W. SchneiderVignette 11a. Accessing the Vernacular in Written Documents France MartineauVignette 11b. Adapting Existing Data Sources: Language and the Law Philipp Sebastian AngermeyerVignette 11c. Issues in Forensic Linguistic Data Collection Ronald R. ButtersVignette 11d. Advances in Sociolinguistic Transcription Methods Alexandra D’arcyVignette 11e. Transcribing Video Data Cécile B. Vigouroux12 Data Preservation and Access Tyler KendallVignette 12a. Making Sociolinguistic Data Accessible William A. Kretzschmar, Jr.Vignette 12b. Establishing Corpora from Existing Data Sources Mark DaviesVignette 12c. Working with "Unconventional" Existing Data Sources Joan C. Beal and Karen P. Corrigan13 Working with Performed Language: Movies, Television, and Music Robin QueenVignette 13a. Working with Scripted Data: A Focus onAfrican American English Tracey L. WeldonVignette 13b. Working with Scripted Data: Variations amongScripts, Texts, and Performances Michael Adams14 Online Data Collection Jannis AndroutsopoulosVignette 14a. Sociolinguistic Approaches to Storytelling in Facebook Status Updates Ruth PageVignette 14b. Collecting Data from Twitter Steven CoatsPART IV: Sharing Data and Findings 15 Sharing Data and Findings Christine Mallinson16 Community Activism: Turning Things Around Arapera Ngaha17 Sociolinguistic Engagement in Schools: Collecting and Sharing Data Anne H. Charity HudleyVignette 17a. Beyond Lists of Differences to Accurate Descriptions Lisa GreenVignette 17b. Linguistic Flexibility in Urban Zambian Schoolchildren Robert SerpellVignette 17c. Engagement with Schools: Sharing Data and Findings Donna Starks18 Sociolinguistics in and for the Media Jennifer SclafaniVignette 18a. Media Interest in Sociolinguistic Endeavors Scott F. KieslingVignette 18b. Sociolinguistics on BBC Radio Clive UptonVignette 18c. Media, Politics, and Semantic Change Andrew D. WongVignette 18d. Engaging with Local and Mass Media on Issues of Language Policy Phillip M. Carter19 Conclusion Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, and Gerard Van Herk

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