Dear colleagues,
Is there any book that you would recommend to linguistics students who would like to do questionnaires and surveys? My students tend to think that it suffices to write down a list of questions they would like to ask. My own research is mainly in corpus linguistics, so I am not necessarily the best person to make a recommendation, but I know that is not the way to go. Indeed, sometimes I am able to persuade them to read something on academic research before finalizing the questionnaire … but it would be terrific if I could say: "This is the book you should read!"
Best,
Heli
Yes yes sure - David DeVaus' book is great
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Research-Design-Social-Vaus-David/dp/0761953477
Dear Helli Tissari, for linguistic fieldwork I always recommend my students to read the coursebook of Bert Vaux and Justin Cooper, Introduction to Linguistic Field Methods. It is written in an accessible manner and provides enlightening suggestions to students and young fieldworkers.
Dear Heli Tissari,
I find the volume Scientific Methods for the Humanities (Benjamins 2012, ed. by Willie van Peer, Frank Hakemulder & Sonia Zyngier) very helpful. See here: https://benjamins.com/catalog/lal.13
Chapter 5 directly addresses the question "How to construct a questionnaire".
Best, Natalia
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