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Corpus linguistics is the study of language data on a large scale - the computer-aided analysis of very extensive collections of transcribed utterances or written texts. This textbook outlines the basic methods of corpus linguistics and surveys the major approaches to the use of corpus data.

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'A comprehensive and up-to-date overview, covering nicely theoretical distinctions and debates as well as the hands-on, practical questions every corpus linguist has to come to grips with.' Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara
'… a unique resource for … present-day corpus linguistics.' Karin Aijmer, University of Gothenburg

Table of Contents
1. Corpus linguistics; 2. Accessing and analysing corpus data; 3. The web, laws and ethics; 4. English corpus linguistics; 5. Corpus-based studies of synchronic and diachronic variation; 6. Neo-Firthian corpus linguistics; 7. Corpus methods and functionalist linguistics; 8. The convergence of corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, and functionalist linguistics; 9. Conclusion.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/6/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521547369, 978-0521547369
      ISBN10: 0521547369
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Corpus linguistics is the study of language data on a large scale - the computer-aided analysis of very extensive collections of transcribed utterances or written texts. This textbook outlines the basic methods of corpus linguistics and surveys the major approaches to the use of corpus data.

      Trade Review
      'A comprehensive and up-to-date overview, covering nicely theoretical distinctions and debates as well as the hands-on, practical questions every corpus linguist has to come to grips with.' Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara
      '… a unique resource for … present-day corpus linguistics.' Karin Aijmer, University of Gothenburg

      Table of Contents
      1. Corpus linguistics; 2. Accessing and analysing corpus data; 3. The web, laws and ethics; 4. English corpus linguistics; 5. Corpus-based studies of synchronic and diachronic variation; 6. Neo-Firthian corpus linguistics; 7. Corpus methods and functionalist linguistics; 8. The convergence of corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, and functionalist linguistics; 9. Conclusion.

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