ELING 273
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Introduction to English Linguistic Research Methods
Linguistics
College of Humanities
Course Description
The use of large collections of texts for teaching and particularly for research, including the study of many different types of linguistic variation.
When Taught
Fall and Winter
Min
3
Fixed/Max
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Other Prerequisites
ELING 223 or concurrent enrollment.
Title
Organizing, Testing, Reporting
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to organize linguistic data, construct and test hypotheses about it, and report the findings.
Title
Researching with Library and Online Sources
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to carry out library and online research to investigate findings by other linguists.
Title
Understanding and Applying Research
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to distinguish empirical from introspective-based research and apply both (either separately or in conjunction with each other) for research topics.
Title
Recognizing and Applying Statistical Measures
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to recognize and begin to apply statistical measures.
Title
Authentic Linguistic Data
Learning Outcome
Students will acquire authentic linguistic data from native speakers through appropriately selected computer corpora (collections of texts) as well as through other methods such as interviews, surveys, recordings, etc., and effectively extract the relevant data
