Description
Book SynopsisRoutledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics.
Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline.
- Section A, Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readersâ techniques of analysis through practical application.
- Section B, Extension, brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and discusses their contribution to the field.
- Section C, Exploration, builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research responses.
Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the readerâs understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions.
Corpus-Based Language Studies:
- covers the major theoretical approaches to the use of corpus data
- adopts a âhow toâ approach with exercises and cases, affording students with the knowledge and tools to undertake their own corpus-based research
- gathers together influential readings from leading names in the discipline, including: Douglas Biber, Henry Widdowson, Michael Stubbs, Ronald Carter, and Michael McCarthy
- is supported by a website featuring long extracts for analysis by students with commentary by the authors.
The accompanying website to this book can be found at http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/0415286239/
Trade Review"This book is by far the most comprehensive introduction to corpus linguistics published to date. It is essentially three books in one: 1) a conceptual overview of analytical issues, techniques, and findings; 2) a collection of key articles published to date 3) and a set of case studies that fully illustrate the most important analytical and design issues. I will certainly be using the book as a required text in my own courses." Douglas Biber, Northern Arizona University
Table of ContentsPreface Section A: Introduction A1. Corpus Linguistics: The Basics A2. Representativeness, Balance and Sampling A3. Corpus Markup A4. Corpus Annotation A5. Multilingual Corpora A6. Making Statistical Claims A7: Using Available Corpora A8. Going Solo: DIY Corpora A9: Copyright A10. Corpora and Language Studies Section B: Extension B1. Corpus Representativeness and Balance B2. Objections to Corpora: An Ongoing Debate B3. Lexical and Grammatical Studies B4. Language Variation Studies B5: Contrastive and Diachronic Studies B6: Language Teaching and Learning Section C: Exploration C1. Collocation and Pedagogical Lexicography C2. Help or Help to: What do Corpora Have to Say? C3. L2 Acquisition of Grammatical Morphemes C4. Swearing in Modern British English C5. Conversation and Speech in American English C6. Domains, Text Types, Aspect Marking and English-Chinese Translation. Bibliography. Appendix: Useful Internet Links. Index
