Linguistic research methods lecture 10 Plan

Experimental methods

Experimental linguistics uses quantitative methods to gather and evaluate data relating to linguistic theories in ways that are complementary to formal methods.

Researchers use a range of experimental techniques to collect data from diverse sources: laboratory experiments, speech and language corpora, and natural interactions. We test participants from different language backgrounds and at different ages in their first or second language, asking them to produce words or utterances, to listen to and respond to spoken language, to judge the naturalness or grammaticality of written or spoken language, or to engage in conversation. 

Researchers use a range of experimental techniques to collect data from diverse sources: laboratory experiments, speech and language corpora, and natural interactions. We test participants from different language backgrounds and at different ages in their first or second language, asking them to produce words or utterances, to listen to and respond to spoken language, to judge the naturalness or grammaticality of written or spoken language, or to engage in conversation. 

References

• Cocchiarella, N. B.: (1996). Conceptual Realism as a Formal Ontology. In R. Poli and P. Simons (eds.), Formal Ontology, Kluwer.
• Introduction to Modern Linguistics (2018). Centre for distance education.