Projects in Linguistics: A Practical Guide to Researching Language
Alison Wray, Christopher Butler, Aileen Bloomer, Kate Trott, Chris ButlerBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Synopsis
This is an invaluable companion for students undertaking a piece of independent research for the first time. It introduces the most commonly used tools and techniques of research and offers practical advice on how to choose a research topic, how to collect data, how to analyze it, and how to write up the results. The authors incorporate over 250 project ideas and cover plagiarism, referencing, the use of corpora, phonetic and orthographic transcription, and writing good English.