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Author Mikhailov, Mikhail (Translator), author.

Title Corpus linguistics for translation and contrastive studies : a guide for research / Mikhail Mikhailov and Robert Cooper
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge Corpus linguistics guides
Routledge corpus linguistics guides.
Contents 1. Parallel text corpora : a general overview -- 2. Designing and compiling a parallel corpus -- 3. Using parallel corpora : basic search procedures -- 4. Processing search results -- 5. Using parallel corpora : more advanced search procedures -- 6. Applications of parallel corpora -- 7. A survey of available parallel corpora
Summary Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies provides a clear and practical introduction to using corpora in these fields. Giving special attention to parallel corpora, which are collections of texts in two or more languages, and demonstrating the potential benefits for multilingual corpus linguistics research to both translators and researchers. This book explores the different types of parallel corpora available, and shows how to use basic and advanced search procedures to analyse them ; explains how to compile a parallel corpus, and discusses their uses for translation purposes and to research linguistic phenomena across languages ; demonstrates the use of corpus extracts across a wide range of texts, including dictionaries, novels by authors including Jane Austen and Mikhail Bulgakov, and newspapers such as The Sunday Times ; is illustrated with case studies from a range of languages including Finnish, Russian, English and French. Written by two experienced researchers and practitioners, Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers working within the area of translation and contrastive studies -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 6, 2016)
Subject Translating and interpreting -- Data processing
Contrastive linguistics -- Data processing
Corpora (Linguistics)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
Traduction.
Contrastive linguistics -- Data processing
Corpora (Linguistics)
Translating and interpreting -- Data processing
Kontrastive Linguistik
Korpus Linguistik
Übersetzungswissenschaft
Form Electronic book
Author Cooper, Robert (English lecturer), author.
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