Corpus linguistics at work
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Corpus linguistics at work
（Studies in corpus linguistics, v. 6）
J. Benjamins Pub., c2001
- : eur., hb
- : us., hb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-201) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The book offers a combined discussion of the main theoretical, methodological and application issues related to corpus work. Thus, starting from the definition of what is a corpus and why reading a corpus calls for a different methodology from reading a text, the underlying assumptions behind corpus work are discussed.
The two main approaches to corpus work are discussed as the "corpus-based" and the "corpus-driven" approach and the theoretical positions underlying them explored in detail. The book adopts and exemplifies the parameters of the corpus-driven approach and posits a new unit of linguistic description defined systematically in the light of corpus evidence. The applications where the corpus-driven approach is exemplified are language teaching and contrastive linguistics. Alternating between practical examples and theoretical evaluation, the reader is led step-by-step to a detailed understanding of the issues involved in corpus work and, at the same time, tempted to explore for himself some of the major applications where a corpus-driven methodology can reveal unprecedented insights into linguistic patterning.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. 1. Introduction
- 3. 2. Language teaching
- 4. 3. Corpus issues
- 5. 4. The Corpus-based approach
- 6. 5. The corpus-driven approach
- 7. 6. Item and environment
- 8. 7. Working with corpora across languages
- 9. 8. The contextual theory of meaning
- 10. 9. Historical landmarks in meaning
- 11. 10. Conclusion
- 12. References
- 13. Appendix 1
- 14. Appendix 2
- 15. Appendix 3
- 16. Appendix 4
- 17. Appendix 5
- 18. Appendix 6
- 19. Appendix 7
- 20. Appendix 8
- 21. Appendix 9
- 22. Index
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