Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a first-stop introduction to corpus-based language research. It takes the reader systematically through the practical problems and benefits including the points to be reviewed before using computers, obtaining corpus material, the main analytical tools and the most important applications of computerised natural language processing. Each chapter offers guidance on programming where appropriate at a level suitable for readers with no prior experience, and provides exercises to help the reader to apply the principles covered. Case studies are used to show how the techniques are used in genuine research situations.
Trade ReviewWell illustrated ...The book contains much good practical advice for students. -- Chris Butler, University College of Ripon and York St John A useful and very accessible introduction to the use of nonlinguistic computational techniques in corpus analysis. -- Frank Van Eynde Well illustrated ...The book contains much good practical advice for students. A useful and very accessible introduction to the use of nonlinguistic computational techniques in corpus analysis.
Table of ContentsWhy use a computer?; first capture your data; examining the catch - the use of frequency lists; studying the environment - using concordances; the sociology of words - collocation analysis; putting them in their place - tagging, parsing and so on; the leading edge - applications of Natural Language Processing; case studies. Appendices: Programming languages for language programming; Awk - a very brief introduction; detailed programming examples.
