| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge corpus linguistics guides |
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Routledge corpus linguistics guides.
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| Contents |
pt. 1 Defining grammar and using corpora -- 1. What is a corpus? What can a corpus tell us? -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. What is a corpus? -- 1.3. Different types of corpora and good corpus design -- 1.4. What a corpus can tell us -- 1.5. The use of corpus linguistics in language description : dictionaries -- 1.6. The use of corpus linguistics in language description : grammars -- 1.7. What a corpus cannot tell us -- 1.8. Conclusion -- Further practice -- 2. Definitions of a descriptive grammar -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Views on grammar -- 2.3. What is grammar? -- 2.4. What can a corpus tell us about grammar? -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Further practice -- 3. What corpora can we access and what tools can we use to analyse them? -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Open-access corpora -- 3.3. Conducting a basic search -- 3.4. Analysing open-access corpora -- 3.5. Using open-access corpus analysis software -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Further practice -- pt. 2 Corpus linguistics for grammar : areas of investigation -- 4. Frequency -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. What does frequency look like in corpus data/how do you find it? -- 4.3. What can frequency tell us about language use? -- 4.4. Language use in specific texts -- 4.5. The impact of text type on frequency -- 4.6. Bringing the analysis together -- 4.7. Limitations of frequency -- Further practice -- 5. Chunks and colligation -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Finding chunks in corpora -- 5.3. Finding colligation patterns in corpora -- 5.4. What can chunks and colligation tell us about language use? -- 5.5. Bringing the analysis together -- 5.6. Limitations -- Further practice -- 6. Semantic prosody -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Finding semantic prosody in corpora -- 6.3. Finding further patterns of semantic prosody in corpora -- 6.4. Further applications -- 6.5. What can semantic prosody tell us about language use? -- 6.6. Bringing the analysis together -- 6.7. Limitations -- Further practice -- pt. 3 Applications of research -- 7. Applications to English language teaching -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Corpora in ELT -- 7.3. Other uses of corpora : first language learning -- 7.4. Further applications -- 7.5. Limitations -- Further practice -- 8. Wider applications : data-driven journalism and discourse analysis -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Beginning an investigation -- 8.3. Data-driven journalism and political speeches -- 8.4. Intercultural discourse analysis -- 8.5. Investigating 'hereby' in GloWbe -- 8.6. Limitations -- Further practice -- 9. Research projects -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Sample study 1 : real and unreal conditionals in a general corpus -- 9.3. Sample study 2 : corpus stylistics and Sherlock Holmes -- 9.4. Sample study 3 : colloquial language : the use of 'bloody' in a blog corpus -- 9.5. Conclusion -- Further practice -- Suggested answers |
| Summary |
"Corpus Linguistics for Grammar provides an accessible and practical overview of how we can use corpus linguistics to analyse grammar. It examines the kinds of corpora available and the tools which can be used to analyse them, demonstrates how features of grammar can be explored using corpora, and provides three illustrative examples of research projects based on corpus data. Targeted at final year undergraduate and postgraduate university students studying within the areas of English Language, Literature, Applied Linguistics and TESOL, this book will be essential reading for any students undertaking grammar corpus research"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed April 30, 2015) |
| Subject |
English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers
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English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers.
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English language -- Grammar -- Research
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Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
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Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Corpora (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Corpora (Linguistics)
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English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers
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Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Waller, Daniel (Linguist), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317499015 |
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1317499018 |
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9781315713779 |
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1315713772 |
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9781317499008 |
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131749900X |
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9781317498995 |
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1317498992 |
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041574640X |
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9780415746403 |
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0415746418 |
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9780415746410 |
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