Corpus, Concordance, CollocationJohn Sinclair charts the emergence of a new view of language and the computer technology associated with it. Developments in computational linguistics over the past ten years are outlined. There is discussion of corpus creation and exemplification of corpus use. The book goes on to spell out the implications of these developments for an understanding of collocation. |
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... small subsection of communication . This is a useful clue to the topic of the passage , in that four of the cited ... sub- section , occur once only in the text , but twice within four words of an occurrence of is . ) In such a short ...
... small subsection of communication . This is a useful clue to the topic of the passage , in that four of the cited ... sub- section , occur once only in the text , but twice within four words of an occurrence of is . ) In such a short ...
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... small sub - section , although it is very important . boast is that we thought of it first ! It is certainly an intricate and distinctive kind of activity . Figure 12 : concordance to is : ± 4 words. And , like the radio listener , his ...
... small sub - section , although it is very important . boast is that we thought of it first ! It is certainly an intricate and distinctive kind of activity . Figure 12 : concordance to is : ± 4 words. And , like the radio listener , his ...
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... small sub - section 2222222 fast 1 there 1 first 1 thought 1 halted 1 human 1 through time 1 1 important 1 to 1 intricate 1 very 1 language 1 we 1 legendary 1 where 1 listener 1 whole 1 Figure 14 : text analysis statistics Length of the ...
... small sub - section 2222222 fast 1 there 1 first 1 thought 1 halted 1 human 1 through time 1 1 important 1 to 1 intricate 1 very 1 language 1 we 1 legendary 1 where 1 listener 1 whole 1 Figure 14 : text analysis statistics Length of the ...
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References to this book
Developments in English for Specific Purposes Tony Dudley-Evans,Maggie Jo St John No preview available - 1998 |