Shortlisted for the 1999 BAAL Book prize.
Giving an overview of major themes in the areas of linguistics most commonly chosen by students, and introducing the tools and techniques of research, this book provides practical advice on how to choose a research topic, how to collect data and analyse it, and how to write up the results. Incorporating over 250 project ideas, and covering plagiarism, referencing, the use of corpora, phonetic and orthographic transcription, and tips on writing good English, 'Projects in Linguistics' is a treasure-trove of information.
Provides excellent guidance and material for those intending to research aspects of language. This is a good book and, while written for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of language, it should serve as an important starting block for professionals wanting to become practitioner-researchers in this field.
Child Language Teaching and Therapy
Excellent resource for any project-based course
Professor J Coates, University of Surrey