"當代國外語言學與應用語言學文庫（升級版）"是主要面向高校英語專業高年級本科生、研究生及英語教師的一套
大型的、開放性的繫列叢書。本升級版或保留原有經典圖書品種，或繼之以經典圖書的新版，或引進國外語言學與
應用語言學領域的新銳力作以進一步拓展學科領域，希望它能繼續對我國語言學教學與研究和外語教學與研究起到
積極的推動作用。

《語言學課題：語言研究實用指導（第三版）》是"當代國外語言學與應用語言學文庫（升級版）"中的一本。本書
不僅提供等

●Preface to the third edition xvii
Why we wrote this book xvii
Who the book is for xvii
What the book does xvii
What the book doesn’t do xviii
The second edition xviii
The third edition xviii
Acknowledgments xix
International Phonetic Alphabet xx

1 Introduction: starting on the right foot 1

Part I Areas of Study and Project Ideas
2 Psycholinguistics 17
3 First-language acquisition and development 30
4 Second-language acquisition 45
5 Structure and meaning 61
6 Style in spoken and written texts 76
7 Sociolinguistics 92
8 Language and gender 101
9 Accents and dialects of English 111
10 History of English 12
11 Computer-mediated communication 135

Part II Techniques for Collecting Data
12 Audio- and video-recorded data 153
13 Experiments 157
14 Questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups 164
15 Observation and case studies 179
16 Ethical considerations in research projects 184

Part III Tools for Data Analysis
17 Transcribing speech phonetically and phonemically 189
18 Transcribing speech orthographically 195
19 Using computers to study texts 205
20 Statistics and your project 214

Part IV Presenting Your Work
21 How to reference 233
22 Plagiarism and how to avoid it 247
23 Handy hints on writing good academic English 261
24 Hints on giving a good oral presentation 267
References 277
Index 301

怎樣確定語言學研究課題？怎樣查找和組織研究素材？怎樣寫出符合學術規範的論文？……《語言學課題：語言研究實用指導（第三版）》不僅提供了350多個實用課題想法，還分章節翔實地介紹了寫作研究步驟和方法，堪稱語言學課題研究和論文寫作的"一站式解決方案"。