Exploring English with Online Corpora

This is an essential guide to using digital resources in the study of English language and linguistics. Assuming no prior experience, it introduces the fundamentals of online corpora and equips readers with the skills needed to search and interpret corpus data. Later chapters focus on specific elements of linguistic analysis, namely vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation. Examples from five major online corpora illustrate key issues to consider in corpus analysis, while case studies and activities help students get to grips with the wide range of resources that are available and select those that best suit their needs.

Perfect for students of corpus linguistics and applied linguistics, this engaging and accessible guide opens the door to an ever-expanding world of online resources. It is also ideal for anyone who is curious about how the English language works and has a desire to explore its many written and spoken forms.

List of contents

1. Introducing online corpora
 2. Interpreting corpus data
 3. Contextualising corpus texts
 4. Exploring lexis with corpora
 5. Exploring grammar with corpora
 6. Exploring discourse with corpora
 7. Exploring pronunciation with corpora
 8. Issues in the use of corpora in teaching and research
 Appendix: online corpora.

About the author

Wendy Anderson is Reader in English Language and Linguistics at the University of GlasgowM UK.John Corbett is Professor of English at the University of Macau, China.

Summary

This interactive guide to the use of online corpora will be invaluable for teachers and students of English. It demonstrates how to use online corpora and text analysis software to understand different aspects of language, and to formulate and test your own research hypotheses, using data from online corpora as evidence.

Product details

• Authors: Wend Anderson, Wendy Anderson, Wendy (School of English and Scottish Language Anderson, John Corbett, John (UNIVERSITY OF MACAU Corbett
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781137438096
• ISBN: 978-1-137-43809-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Computational Linguistics, Computational and corpus linguistics