Research Methods in Linguistics

As one of the few general introductions to doing empirical research in linguistics, the third edition remains lucid and clear. Students will gain a good understanding of research methods in linguistics and will learn the key concepts and main approaches. – Yan Jiang, SOAS University of London, UKThe book does a wonderful job by using many examples with much detail … [making] it easier for discourse analysts to follow the text and understand the capabilities of the different types of methods, both quantitative and qualitative … Research Methods in Linguistics provides a useful high-level overview of research methods for linguistic study for a graduate-level seminar-style research method course. * Discourse Studies (of the first edition) *Very well presented and the topics chosen are very relevant … Examples are provided in great detail and problems are worked out with detailed explanations, which go a long way in making many of the discussions quite lively and informative … The book is definitely going to be a useful tool to many researchers. * Linguist (of the first edition) *

Lia Litosseliti is Associate Professor in Linguistics at City, University of London, UK, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. Her research interests are in the areas of gender and language, discourse analysis and research methodologies.