[lg policy] New Book: Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning

[Francis Hult]

Title: Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide



Editors: Francis M. Hult, David Cassels Johnson



Published: June 2015 (Wiley)



ISBN Paperback: 978-1-118-30839-4 | 280pp



Book URL: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118308395.html



Description
• Each chapter is written by a leading language policy expert and provides a how-to guide to planning studies as well as gathering and analyzing data



• Covers a broad range of methods, making it easily accessible to and useful for transdisciplinary researchers working with language policy in any capacity



• Will serve as both a foundational methods text for graduate students and novice researchers, and a useful methodological reference for experienced LPP researchers



• Includes a series of guidelines for public engagement to assist scholars as they endeavor to incorporate their work into the public policy process



Table of Contents



Notes on Contributors vii



Foreword xii

Thomas Ricento



1 Introduction: The Practice of Language Policy Research 1
Francis M. Hult and David Cassels Johnson



Part I Fundamental Considerations



2 Selecting Appropriate Research Methods in LPP Research: Methodological Rich Points 9
Nancy H. Hornberger



3 Researcher Positionality 21
Angel M.Y. Lin



4 Ethical Considerations in Language Policy Research 33
Suresh Canagarajah and Phiona Stanley



5 Language Policy and Political Theory 45
Stephen May



6 Language and Law 56
Dimitry Kochenov and Fernand de Varennes



Part II Methodological Approaches to Language Planning and Policy Research



7 Exploring Language Problems through Q ]Sorting 69
Joseph Lo Bianco



8 Ethnography in Language Planning and Policy Research 81
Teresa L. McCarty



9 Classroom Discourse Analysis as a Lens on Language ]in ]Education Policy Processes 94
Marilyn Martin ]Jones



10 Applying Corpus Linguistics to Language Policy 107
Shannon Fitzsimmons ]Doolan



11 The Economics of Language Policy: An Introduction to Evaluation Work 118
François Grin and François Vaillancourt



12 Analyzing Language Policies in New Media 130
Helen Kelly ]Holmes



13 Historical ]Structural Analysis 140
James W. Tollefson



14 Interpretive Policy Analysis for Language Policy 152
Sarah Catherine K. Moore and Terrence G. Wiley



15 Intertextuality and Language Policy 166
David Cassels Johnson



16 Mapping Language Ideologies 181
Adnan Ajsic and Mary McGroarty



17 Investigating Relationships between Language Attitudes and Policy Issues 193
Åsa Palviainen and Ari Huhta



18 Using Census Data and Demography in Policy Analysis 205
Minglang Zhou



19 Making Policy Connections across Scales Using Nexus Analysis 217
Francis M. Hult



Public Engagement and the LPP Scholar



Appendix A Interacting with Schools and Communities 235
Rebecca Freeman Field



Appendix B Participating in Policy Debates about Language 240
John R. Rickford



Appendix C Interacting with Politicians and Policymakers 244
Lava D. Awasthi



Appendix D Managing Media Appearances 248
Kendall A. King


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