Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London. He is editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and author/editor of numerous books and articles, including Three Generations, Two Languages, One Family (1994), The Bilingualism Reader (2000), and Language Learning and Teaching as Social Inter-Action (2007, with Zhu Hua, P. Seedhouse and V. Cook).
Melissa Moyer is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the Universitat Aut=noma de Barcelona. Her current research and publications are concerned with migration and the management of multilingualism. She is author of the award winning book La cßrcel de las palabras: Ensayo sobre el lenguaje y la desigualdad social (1988, with J. M. de Miguel).

Written by leading experts in the field, The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism focuses on the methodology of research in this rapidly growing field.
* Highlights the interdisciplinary nature of research on bilingualism and multilingualism and offers a practical guide to the specific procedures and tools for collecting and analyzing data
* Specifically addresses methodological issues, discussing research topics, core concepts and approaches, and the methods, techniques and tools available
* Provides project ideas and practical advice on conference presentations and publication
* Brings together a team of leading international experts in the field
* Links theory to method, and to data, answering the market need for a volume on bilingualism and multilingualism that deals with its methodology in a systematic and coherent way.

Part I: Researching Bilingualism and Multilingualism:.
1.Research Perspectives on Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Li Wei (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom).
2.Researching as Practice: Linking Theory, Method and Data: Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain).Part II: Procedures, Methods and Tools:.
3.Types and Sources of Data: Jacomine Nortier (Utrecht University, The Netherlands).
4. Bilingual Speech Data: Criteria for Classification: Penelope Gardner-Chloros (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom).
5. Selecting Individuals, Groups and Sites: Elizabeth Lanza (University of Oslo, Norway).
6. Study Design: Cross-Sectional Longitudinal, Case and Group: Zhu Hua (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom) and Annabel David (Newcastle University, United Kingdom).
7. Laboratory Designs and Paradigms: Words, Sounds, and Sentences: Judith Kroll (Pennsylvania State University, USA), Chip Gerfen (Pennsylvania State University, USA), and Paolo Dussias (Pennsylvania State University, USA).
8. Imaging Technologies: Jubin Abutalebi (University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Italy) and Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa (University of Geneva, Switzerland).
9. Interviews and Questionnaires: Eva Codó(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain).
10. Recording Audio and Video: Ignasi Clemente (The University of California, Los Angeles, USA).
11. Transcription: Maria Teresa Turell (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain) and Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain).
12. Quantification and Statistics: Natasha Tokowicz (University of Pittsburgh, USA) and Tessa Warren (University of Pittsburgh, USA).
13. Data Banks and Corpora: Ad Backus (Tilburg University, The Netherlands).
14. Doing Ethnography: Monica Heller (University of Toronto, Canada).
15. Social Network Analysis: Xu Daming (Nanjing University, China), Wang Xiaomei (City University of Hong Kong, China) and Li Wei (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom).
16. Conversation and Interactional Analysis: Holly Cashman (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA).
17. Critical Discourse Analysis: Adrian Blackledge (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom).
18. Narrative Analysis in the Study of Bi- and Multilingualism: Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University, Philadelphia, USA).
19. Media Analysis: Tony Purvis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom).Part III: Project Ideas, Dissemination and Resources: .
20. Project Ideas: Li Wei (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom) and Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain).
21.Disseminating Research: A Guide to Conference Presentation and Journal Publication: Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) and Li Wei (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom).
22.Resources for Research on Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Li Wei (Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom) and Melissa G. Moyer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)..
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