As globalization has increased awareness of the extent of language contact and linguistic diversity, questions concerning bilingualism and multilingualism have taken on an increasing importance from both practical and scholarly points of view. Written by leading experts and practitioners in the field, The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Highlights the interdisciplinary nature of research on bilingualism and multilingualism and offers a practical guide to the procedures and tools for collecting and analyzing data Specifically addresses methodological issues, discussing research topics, core concepts and approaches, and the methods and techniques available Links theory to method, and to data, and answers a real need for a know-how volume on bilingualism and multilingualism that deals with its methodology in a systematic and coherent way

As globalization has increased awareness of the extent of language contact and linguistic diversity, questions concerning bilingualism and multilingualism have taken on an increasing importance from both practical and scholarly points of view. Written by leading experts and practitioners in the field, The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism:* Highlights the interdisciplinary nature of research on bilingualism and multilingualism and offers a practical guide to the procedures and tools for collecting and analyzing data* Specifically addresses methodological issues, discussing research topics, core concepts and approaches, and the methods and techniques available* Links theory to method, and to data, and answers a real need for a know-how volume on bilingualism and multilingualism that deals with its methodology in a systematic and coherent way

List of Figures viiList of Tables viiiNotes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xvPreface xviPart I Researching Bilingualism and Multilingualism 11 Research Perspectives on Bilingualism and Multilingualism3Li Wei2 Research as Practice: Linking Theory, Method, and Data18Melissa G. MoyerPart II Procedures, Methods, and Tools 333 Types and Sources of Bilingual Data 35Jacomine Nortier4 Bilingual Speech Data: Criteria for Classification 53Penelope Gardner-Chloros5 Selecting Individuals, Groups, and Sites 73Elizabeth Lanza6 Study Design: Cross-sectional, Longitudinal, Case, and Group88Zhu Hua and Annabelle David7 Laboratory Designs and Paradigms: Words, Sounds, and Sentences108Judith F. Kroll, Chip Gerfen, and Paola E. Dussias8 Imaging Technologies 132Jubin Abutalebi and Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa9 Interviews and Questionnaires 158Eva Codó10 Recording Audio and Video 177Ignasi Clemente11 Transcription 192Maria Teresa Turell and Melissa G. Moyer12 Quantification and Statistics 214Natasha Tokowicz and Tessa Warren13 Data Banks and Corpora 232Ad Backus14 Doing Ethnography 249Monica Heller15 Social Network Analysis 263Xu Daming, Wang Xiaomei, and Li Wei16 Conversation and Interactional Analysis 275Holly R. Cashman17 Critical Discourse Analysis 296Adrian Blackledge18 Narrative Analysis 311Aneta Pavlenko19 Media Analysis 326Tony PurvisPart III Project Ideas, Dissemination, and Resources34320 Project Ideas 345Li Wei and Melissa G. Moyer21 Disseminating Research: A Guide to Conference Presentationand Journal Publication 354Melissa G. Moyer and Li Wei22 Resources for Research on Bilingualism and Multilingualism361Li Wei and Melissa G. MoyerReferences 365Index 399