Ender / Leemann / Wälchli Methods in Contemporary Linguistics

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-027568-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 549 Seiten

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ender, Andrea

Leemann, Adrian

Wälchli, Bernhard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;7
2;List of contributors;11
3;Introduction;15
4;Part I: Core domains: From phonetics to pragmatics;33
4.1;Methodological reflections on the phonetic-phonological continuum, illustrated on the prosody of Swiss German dialects;35
4.2;Phonological typology, rhythm types and the phonetics-phonology interface. A methodological overview and three case studies on Italo-Romance dialects;59
4.3;Indirect measurement in morphological typology;83
4.4;Is a syntactic dialectology possible? Contributions from Swiss German;107
4.5;Methods for modalities;135
4.6;The making of a festschrift, is it a ritual?;157
5;Part II: Cross-linguistic and language internal diversity;183
5.1;Language description and linguistic typology;185
5.2;Multiple languages and multiple methods: Qualitative and quantitative ways of tapping into the multilingual repertoire;209
5.3;Koineization and cake baking: Reflections on methods in dialect contact research;233
5.4;Variation in a second language as a methodological challenge: Knowledge and use of relative clauses;253
5.5;Polish tea is Czech coffee: advantages and pitfalls in using a parallel corpus in linguistic research;277
6;Part III: Dynamic language;297
6.1;Historical text analysis: Underlying parameters and methodological procedures;299
6.2;Using methods of historical linguistics in Indo-European and Tibetan;323
6.3;Etyma, shouldered adzes and molecular variants;349
6.4;Experimental methods in psycholinguistics;377
7;Part IV: Writing;401
7.1;Coming to grips with dynamics and complexity. Methodological challenges to real-life writing research;403
7.2;Evolving methods for written representations of signed languages of the Deaf;425
8;Part V: Language, Space and Society;453
8.1;Crossing perspectives on onomastic methodology: Reflections on fieldwork in place name research. An essay in interactional onomastics;455
8.2;Does the territoriality principle work in practice? The principle’s applicability to the Romansh area in the Swiss Canton of Grisons;477
8.3;Procedures of methodological triangulation in sociolinguistic research on multilingualism;501
9;Subject index;529
10;Author index;541

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Ender, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany; Adrian Leemann, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Bernhard Wälchli, University of Stockholm, Sweden.