Litosseliti, L. (ed.). (2018). Research Methods in Linguistics (2nd edition). London: Bloomsbury Academic - review by Grażyna Kiliańska-Przybyło

Abstract

The book entitled Research Methods in Linguistics, edited by Lia Litosseliti, addresses the issue of research methodology that needs to be worked out before any empirical research is initiated. In the introductory chapter by Lia Litosseliti (p. 1) we can read that "linguistics is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field of study characterized by a diversity of theoretical, epistemological, and methodological approaches applied in different subfields (e.g., semantics, phonology, language acquisition), branches (e.g., experimental linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics) and related fields (e.g., education, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, mathematics, sociology). […] As a heterogenous field, it has been in a continuous process of reformulation and bridge-building." This diversity is reflected in the way the book is organized and structured as "it encourages readers to take a wider view of key approaches along the quantitative-qualitative continuum" (Litosseliti, 2018, p. 2). Apart from providing a thorough and comprehensive overview of research methods available in the field of linguistics (e.g., such as quantitative methods, interviews, case study research), the volume also critically examines the affordances and limitations of quantitative versus qualitative paradigms. In addition, it presents the value of the holistic and mixed methods research, and the need to push the boundaries of methodologies to incorporate crossdisciplinary perspectives (Litosseliti, 2018, p. 2), which makes this volume an essential contribution to the field of research methodology and a valuable resource for researchers, especially novice ones. The content organization of Research Methods in Linguistics is very clear and logical. It seems that the reader is gradually introduced to particular research designs. The volume starts from an introductory chapter entitled

Research-Oriented Framework of Training Philology Students’ Research Skills Based on Corpus Analytical Software

“…A research-led, research-oriented, research-based, and research-tutored approaches are quite commonly used as a framework for both teaching and curriculum design of pre-service training in higher education institutions (Haaker & Morgan-Brett, 2017;McLinden et al, 2015). The research is a significant component of the pre-service training of students majoring in philology and relies on the research methods employed in Linguistics (Fulk, 2016;Kiliańska-Przybyło, 2019;Litosseliti, 2018). These methods include qualitative ones such as an interview, discourse analytic approaches, and multimodal analysis which dominate over the mixed research methods such as a corpus analysis.…”

Research-Oriented Framework of Training Philology Students’ Research Skills Based on Corpus Analytical Software

“…A research-led, research-oriented, research-based, and research-tutored approaches are quite commonly used as a framework for both teaching and curriculum design of pre-service training in higher education institutions (Haaker & Morgan-Brett, 2017;McLinden et al, 2015). The research is a significant component of the pre-service training of students majoring in philology and relies on the research methods employed in Linguistics (Fulk, 2016;Kiliańska-Przybyło, 2019;Litosseliti, 2018). These methods include qualitative ones such as an interview, discourse analytic approaches, and multimodal analysis which dominate over the mixed research methods such as a corpus analysis.…”