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Understanding Language Choices - A Guide to Sociolinguistic Assessment (Paperback, New)
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Understanding Language Choices - A Guide to Sociolinguistic Assessment (Paperback, New)
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Understanding Language Choices is an introductory textbook for
anyone studying the motivations behind language use choices. It
provides an introduction into the numerous factors, both internal
and external, influencing such choices in a speech community:
language attitudes, language learning, identity, the mobility of
the community, and much more. The book also provides a foundation
for the study of linguistic variation within a speech community, as
well as an introduction to methods of data collection when studying
the outcomes of language use choices. An important aspect of this
book is its emphasis on a participatory approach to language choice
research that empowers the speech community. The final chapter
discusses lifestyle concerns that researchers may encounter when
conducting field studies in developing nations. Written with the
beginner in mind, this textbook includes numerous examples and case
studies from around the world to illustrate the realities of
sociolinguistic field research. A companion website keeps users of
the book up to date with descriptions of the most current research
methodologies. Ken Decker received his M.A. in Linguistics from the
University of Texas at Arlington in 1992. He brings to this book
over 25 years' experience in field research in the sociology of
language and language development. He has conducted sociolinguistic
surveys in more than 35 languages in Asia and the Americas and
served as consultant on surveys in Africa, Australia, Europe, and
the Pacific. Ken is particularly interested in the role of language
research in strategic language development. John Grummitt received
his M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Leicester in
2002, drawing on his decade's experience as an academic writing
tutor and trainer of teachers in ESL programs in Japan and South
Korea. His more recent survey work in Papua New Guinea has given
him a perspective supplementary to Decker's on sociolinguistic
fieldwork and language development.
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