LING2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Diaphoneme, Data Analysis, Abbreviation
Monday, 23 October 2017
LECTURE 23
WRITING UP SOCIOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH
-What is research?
•“The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and
reach new conclusions” (Oxford English Dictionary)
•Investigation of relevant scholarly literature
-Need to show relevant understanding of relevant literature
•Gap in knowledge
•Research Question
•Methodological decisions
-Explain that you realise that there are gaps in this but due to time constraints it was the best way
to do the research
-Participant sample
•Why did you choose to look at certain groups
•For a case study, justifications will be different
-Introduce participants
-Why did you use these participants
-Use pseudonyms
-Data analysis
•Results/conclusions
-Key elements
•Introduction
-Get straight into it
-Includes:
•A clear problem statement of which sociolinguistic aspect you explore
-What you are examining
•Introduce your case study and why studying it is of any academic interest
•Crucial to introduce some examples to illustrate the linguistic variable in context
•Background
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What is research: the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions (oxford english dictionary, investigation of relevant scholarly literature. Need to show relevant understanding of relevant literature: gap in knowledge, research question, methodological decisions. Explain that you realise that there are gaps in this but due to time constraints it was the best way to do the research. Participant sample: why did you choose to look at certain groups, for a case study, justi cations will be different. Includes: a clear problem statement of which sociolinguistic aspect you explore. What you are examining: introduce your case study and why studying it is of any academic interest, crucial to introduce some examples to illustrate the linguistic variable in context, background. Here you position your study in the context of what has been done before, what is currently taking place, and how research in the area is conducted.
