Contemporary Corpus LinguisticsPaul Baker Corpus linguistics uses large electronic databases of language to examine hypotheses about language use. These can be tested scientifically with computerised analytical tools, without the researcher's preconceptions influencing their conclusions. For this reason, corpus linguistics is a popular and expanding area of study. Contemporary Corpus Linguistics presents a comprehensive survey of the ways in which corpus linguistics is being used by researchers. Written by internationally renowned linguists, this volume of seventeen introductory chapters aims to provide a snapshot of the field of corpus linguistics. The contributors present accessible, yet detailed, analyses of recent methods and theory in Corpus Linguistics, ways of analysing corpora, and recent applications in translation, stylistics, discourse analysis and language teaching. The book represents the best of current practice in Corpus Linguistics, and as a one volume reference will be invaluable to students and researchers looking for an overview of the field. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Searching for Metaphorical Patterns in Corpora | 9 |
Corpora and Critical Discourse Analysis | 32 |
Corpus Stylistics and the Pickwickian wateringpot | 47 |
The Metalanguage of impoliteness Using Sketch Engine to Explore the Oxford English Corpus | 64 |
Issues in the Design and Development of SoftwareTools for Corpus Studies The Case for Collaboration | 87 |
Compatibility Between Corpus Annotation Efforts and its Effect on Computational Linguistics | 105 |
Spoken Corpus Analysis Multimodal Approaches to Language Description | 125 |
Integrating Learner Corpus Analysis into a Probabilistic Model of Second Language Acquisition | 184 |
English Language Teaching and Corpus Linguistics Lessons from the American National Corpus | 204 |
The Impact of Corpora on Dictionaries | 214 |
Using Corpora in Translation Studies The State of the Art | 237 |
Corpus Linguistics and the Languages of South Asia Some Current Research Directions | 262 |
The Web as Corpus Versus Traditional Corpora Their Relative Utility for Linguists and Language Learners | 289 |
Building and Analysing Corpora of ComputerMediated Communication | 301 |
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