The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics by Zufferey, Sandrine; Gygax, Pascal;

Short description:

The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the various ways in which experiments are used across all domains of linguistics and surveys the range of state-of-the art methods that can be applied to analyse the language of populations with a wide range of linguistic profiles.

Long description:

The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of various ways in which experiments are used across all domains of linguistics and surveys the range of state-of-the-art methods that can be applied to analyse the language of populations with a wide range of linguistic profiles.

Each chapter provides a step-by-step introduction to theoretical and methodological challenges and critically presents a wide range of studies in various domains of experimental linguistics.

This handbook:

• Provides a unified perspective on the data, methods and findings stemming from all experimental research in linguistics
• Covers many different subfields of linguistics, including argumentation theory, discourse studies and typology
• Provides an introduction to classical as well as new methods to conduct experiments such as eye tracking and brain imaging
• Features a range of internationally renowned academics
• Shows how experimental research can be used to study populations with various linguistic profiles, including young children, people with linguistic impairments, older adults, language learners and bilingual speakers

Providing readers with a wealth of theoretical and practical information in order to guide them in designing methodologically sound linguistic experiments, this handbook is essential reading for scholars and students researching in all areas of linguistics.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction

PART 1: FOCUS ON LINGUISTIC DOMAINS

1. Historical Perspectives on the Use of Experimental Methods in Linguistics

Alan Garnham

2. Experimental Phonetics and Phonology

Ivana Didirkova? and Anne Catherine Simon

3. Experimental Morphology

Vera Heyer

4. Experimental Syntax

Yamila Sevilla and Mari?a Elina Sa?nchez

5. Experimental Semantics

Stephanie Solt

6. Experimental Pragmatics

Tomoko Matsui

7. Experimental Sociolinguistics

Erez Levon

8. Experimental Studies in Discourse

Ted Sanders, Jet Hoek, and Merel Scholman

9. Experimental Studies in Argumentation

Peter Collins and Ulrike Hahn

10. Experimental Studies in Contrastive Linguistics and Typology

Caroline Andrews, Elisabeth Norcliffe, and Sebastian Sauppe

11. Experimental Methods to Study Distributed Comprehension of Action Language

Carole Madden and William Dupont

PART II: FOCUS ON EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

12. Eliciting Spontaneous Linguistic Productions

Jennifer Arnold

13. Analysing Speech Perception

Sandra Schwab and Nathalie Giroud

14. Contrasting Online and Offline Measures: Examples from Experimental Research on Linguistic Relativity

Sayaka Sato and Norbert Vanek

15. Cognitive Processes Involved in Text Comprehension: Walking the Fine Line between Passive and Strategic Validating Processes in Reading

Anne Cook and Edward O?Brien

16. Analysing Reading with Eye-tracking

Anna Siyanova-Chanturia and Irina Elgort

17. Analysing Spoken Language Comprehension with Eye-Tracking

Yipu Wei and Michael Tanenhaus

18. Mobile Eye-tracking for Multimodal Interaction Analysis

Geert Bro?ne and Bert Oben

19. Analysing Language using Brain Imaging

Trisha Thomas, Francesca Pesciarelli, Clara Martin, and Sendy Caffarra

20. New Trends in Statistical Analysis for Experimental Linguistics

Shravan Vasishth

21. Assessing Adult Linguistic Competence

Lydia White

22. Dealing with Participant Variability in Experimental Linguistics

Ute Gabriel and Pascal Gygax

23. Testing in the Lab and Testing through the Web

Jonathan Kim

PART III: FOCUS ON SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

24. Experimental Methods to Study Child Language

Titia Benders, Nan Xu Rattanasone, Rosalind Thornton, Iris Mulders, and Loes Koring

25. Experimental Methods to Study Atypical Language Development

Phaedra Royle, E?milie Courteau, and Marie Pourquie?

26. Experimental Methods to Study Disorders of Language Production in Adults

Andrea Marini

27. Experimental methods for studying second language learners

Alan Juffs and Shaohua Fang

28. Experimental Methods to study Bilinguals

Ramesh Kumar Mishra and Seema Prasad

29. Experimental Methods to Study Cultural Differences in Linguistics

Evangelia Adamou

30. Experimental Methods to Study Late-life Language Learning

Index