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Understanding, collecting, and presenting data in New Englishes research

Insights from ethnographic fieldwork in an Old Order Mennonite community
  • Miriam Neuhausen
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New Englishes, New Methods
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Abstract

Against the background of my fieldwork in an isolated Old Order Mennonite community averse to secular norms and values, I suggest ethnographic fieldwork is key to understanding, collecting, and presenting New Englishes data. Before entering the field, researchers must begin to question principles that work in Western urban societies but may play out differently in lesser-studied communities. An understanding of the sociolinguistic realities in the community under investigation paves the way for the discovery of new social variables, access to speakers, and the accomplishment of meaningful research. I illustrate these benefits mainly in reference to the Labovian sociolinguistic interview. Finally, the paper argues that researchers need to ensure that their representation of the community is in line with the community’s interests.

Abstract

Against the background of my fieldwork in an isolated Old Order Mennonite community averse to secular norms and values, I suggest ethnographic fieldwork is key to understanding, collecting, and presenting New Englishes data. Before entering the field, researchers must begin to question principles that work in Western urban societies but may play out differently in lesser-studied communities. An understanding of the sociolinguistic realities in the community under investigation paves the way for the discovery of new social variables, access to speakers, and the accomplishment of meaningful research. I illustrate these benefits mainly in reference to the Labovian sociolinguistic interview. Finally, the paper argues that researchers need to ensure that their representation of the community is in line with the community’s interests.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. New Englishes new methods 1
  5. Part I. Corpora
  6. Verbal past inflection in Nigerian English 16
  7. Functions of code-switching in online registers of Pakistani English 42
  8. New Englishes and Conversation Analysis 65
  9. Creole and power 84
  10. Part II. Phonetics and phonology
  11. Question intonation patterns in Nigerian English 108
  12. Analysing the speech rhythm of New Englishes 132
  13. Part III. Language attitudes
  14. Acceptability Judgement Tasks in New Englishes research 158
  15. Mixed methods in the mapping of accent perceptions in Indian varieties of English 178
  16. Mapping perceptions in New Englishes 201
  17. Part IV. Ethnography
  18. Understanding, collecting, and presenting data in New Englishes research 222
  19. Complicating the field 243
  20. Conclusion 263
  21. Index 275
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g68.11neu

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. New Englishes new methods 1
  5. Part I. Corpora
  6. Verbal past inflection in Nigerian English 16
  7. Functions of code-switching in online registers of Pakistani English 42
  8. New Englishes and Conversation Analysis 65
  9. Creole and power 84
  10. Part II. Phonetics and phonology
  11. Question intonation patterns in Nigerian English 108
  12. Analysing the speech rhythm of New Englishes 132
  13. Part III. Language attitudes
  14. Acceptability Judgement Tasks in New Englishes research 158
  15. Mixed methods in the mapping of accent perceptions in Indian varieties of English 178
  16. Mapping perceptions in New Englishes 201
  17. Part IV. Ethnography
  18. Understanding, collecting, and presenting data in New Englishes research 222
  19. Complicating the field 243
  20. Conclusion 263
  21. Index 275
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