Summary:
Projects in Linguistics is a unique and essential guide for anyone doing a research project in language and linguistics. With orientation overviews of the main areas of enquiry typically targeted by students, it offers practical help in identifying a topic, finding background reading, planning and designing a study, collecting and analysing data, and writing a convincing account.
With over 300 practical ideas for projects that can be used directly or adapted to suit different contexts and interests, and with chapters on how to reference and how to avoid plagiarism, Projects in Linguistics belongs on the bookshelf of every student studying language and linguistics. Aimed at undergraduates, it will also be invaluable to both pre-university and postgraduate students.

• Unique approach, giving practical information on how to collect and analyse data, methodology, transcription techniques and presentation
• New edition contains new sections on pragmatics, and giving oral presentations. Also new section on how to avoid plagiarism when using the Internet
• Provides summaries of key areas in linguistics with many references to accessible textbooks and research reports
• Relevant to students at all stages and levels and for a wide range of linguistic courses and project areas
• Contains over 300 project ideas

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
Part I: Areas of study and project ideas
2. Psycholinguistics
3. First-language acquisition and development
4. Second-language acquisition
5. Structure and meaning
6. Style in spoken and written texts
7. Sociolinguistics
8. Language and gender
9. Accents and dialects of English
10. History of English
Part II: Techniques for collecting data
11. Audio- and video-recorded data
12. Experiments
13. Questionnaires, interviews and focus groups
14. Observation and case studies
15. Ethical considerations in research projects
Part III: Tools for data analysis and project writing
16. Transcribing speech phonetically and phonemically
17. Transcribing speech orthographically
18. Using computers to study texts
19. Statistics and your project
20. How to reference
21. Plagiarism and how to avoid it
22. Hints on writing good academic English

About the Author(s):
Alison Wray is Reseaerch Professor at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, UK

Aileen Bloomer, Principal Lecturer in Language Studies and Linguistics, York St John University College, UK

Readership:
Undergraduate students of linguistics and English language. Also postgraduate students and Teachers of English Language A-level.