Kokybiniai ir kiekybiniai sociolingvistikos tyrimų metodai

Dalyko anotacija lietuvių kalba

Paskaitų ir seminarų metu studentai supažindinami su kiekybiniais ir kokybiniais tyrimo metodais, taikomais sociolingvistiniuose ir daugiakalbystės tyrimuose, pvz., kalbos etnografija, variantine sociolingvistika, diskurso analize, tekstynų lingvistika ir kt. Studentai supažindinami su įvairiais sociolingvistinių tyrimų įrankiais ir metodais, patys praktiškai renka šnekamosios ir rašomosios kalbos pavyzdžius, stebi tiriamųjų grupę, sudarinėja klausimynus ir anketas, atlieka interviu. Didelis dėmesys kurso metu skiriamas dvikalbystės ir daugiakalbystės tyrimų analizėms (pasitelkiami ar simuliuojami konkretūs pavyzdžiai), taip pat tyrimų reprezentatyvumo, patikimumo ir etikos problemoms aptarti. Kursas dėstomas anglų kalba.

Dalyko anotacija užsienio kalba

The course aims to provide students with a solid theoretical background in quantitative and qualitative methods used in sociolinguistic research, including but not limited to methods used in variationist linguistics, ethnography of speech, and discourse analysis. Students will explore multiple techniques for getting spoken and written language data such as observation, participant-observation, sociolinguistic interviewing, and surveys. This course focuses on both quantitative and qualitative approaches to gathering and analyzing language, and privileges research methods in studies of bilingualism and multilingualism. The course will also cover monolingual variation, issues of sampling, and research ethics.

Dalyko studijų rezultatai

1.1. To identify research methodology and formulate research question and/or hypothesis aimed at sociolinguistic type of research;
2.1. To apply theoretical knowledge in analysis of various forms of sociolinguistic and multilingualism data within the framework of case studies or small scale surveys;
3. 1. To transcribe and record the data for sociolinguistic research, as well as recognize the problems in eliciting and recording natural (vernacular) speech;
3.2. To select and apply main research techniques used for sociolinguistic research;
3.3. To evaluate the advantages and drawbacks of different research techniques;
4.1. To design a sophisticated research plan from data selection to data analysis;
5.1. To carry out a sociolinguistic case study;
5.2. To present and discuss research orally and in writing;
6.1. To plan and carry out data collection;
7.1. To recognize and approach issues involved in human-subjects research.

Dalyko turinys

Introduction to course: research methods in sociolinguistics and multilingualism: key concepts and paradigms.
Links between research design, method, and data collection.
Observations and recordings (audio vs. video). Transcription.
Statistical tools and quantification. Corpora.
Social network analysis. Conversation and interactional analysis.
Critical discourse and narrative analysis.
Multimodal analysis.
Media-based language studies: Television, greeting cards, advertisements, radio.
Research question & design based on media-related language topic.
Quantitative vs. qualitative research: concepts and definitions.
Study design: cross-sectional, longitudinal, case group, experimental, quasi-experimental.
Interviews and questionnaires.
Doing linguistic ethnography.
Writing the research paper: formulating a research question, constructing hypothesis, designing the research, situating the research in a broader context (literature overview), presenting and discussing the findings.
Types of data: diachronic vs. synchronic research. Data collection: selection process (informants, researcher’s identity, observer’s paradox).
Reliability and validity of data. Ethical issues.

Dalyko studijos valandomis

Study forms	Hours in face-to-face studies	Hours in online studies
Lectures	10 hours	20 hours
Seminars	-	15 hours
Laboratory work	-	-
Practical assignments	-	10 hours
Consultations	5 hours	-
Contact work hours in total	60 hours
Individual student work	100 hours
Total:	160 hours

Studijų rezultatų vertinimas

Homework assignments – 35%, Midterm exam – 15%, Written exam (final project) – 50%.

Literatūra

1. 2018 Heller, M. S. Pietikäinen, J. Pujolar. Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods. NY and London: Routledge.
2. 2008 Wei, L. and M. G. Moyer (eds). The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism.
3. 2010 Litosseliti, L. (ed.). Research Methods in Linguistics.
4. 1999 Johnstone, B. Qualitative Methods in Sociolinguistics.
5. 2008 Rasinger, S. M. Quantitative Research in Linguistics: An Introduction.
6. 2003 Milroy, L. and M. Gordon. Sociolinguistics. Method and Interpretation.
Supplementary materials
8. 2006 Tagliamonte, S. A. Analyzing Sociolinguistic Variation.
9. 1997 Coupland, N. and A. Jaworski. Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook.