Learning How to Ask: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 1) (Volume 0)
A sociolinguistic examination of how interviews function in social science research and the communicative factors that shape the data they yield.
About This Book
This volume explores the interview as a central yet often unexamined method in social science research.
Charles L. Briggs analyzes how linguistic and cultural factors influence the information gathered during interviews.
The book highlights the need for researchers to understand communicative norms to improve data validity.
It draws on sociolinguistic theory to critique traditional assumptions about interviewing practices.
Readers gain insight into how interview contexts affect the production and interpretation of social data.
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