Corpus linguistics and the description of English
Computational linguistics Corpora (Linguistics) English language e-böcker
Edinburgh University Press
2018
Second edition.
EISBN 9781474421713
Intro; Title page; Contents; Figures; Tables; To readers; Abbreviations; 1 Corpus linguistics; 2 Counting, calculating and annotating; 3 Looking for lexis; 4 Checking collocations; 5 Finding phrases; 6 Metaphor and metonymy; 7 Grammar; 8 Male and female; 9 Language change; 10 Corpus linguistics in cyberspace; References; Index
The second edition of this successful text provides an ideal introduction for university students of English at the intermediate level. Students planning papers, dissertations or theses will find the book a particularly valuable guide. After introducing corpora and the rationale and basic methodology of corpus linguistics, the authors present a number of recent case studies providing new insights into vocabulary, collocations, phraseology, metaphor and metonymy, syntactic structures, male and female language, and language change. A final chapter shows how the web and social media can be used as a source for linguistic investigations and contains information on how to compile your own corpus. Each chapter includes study questions, exercises and updated suggestions for further reading.
The second edition of this successful text provides an ideal introduction for university students of English at the intermediate level. Students planning papers, dissertations or theses will find the book a particularly valuable guide. After introducing corpora and the rationale and basic methodology of corpus linguistics, the authors present a number of recent case studies providing new insights into vocabulary, collocations, phraseology, metaphor and metonymy, syntactic structures, male and female language, and language change. A final chapter shows how the web and social media can be used as a source for linguistic investigations and contains information on how to compile your own corpus. Each chapter includes study questions, exercises and updated suggestions for further reading.
