| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 219 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Edinburgh textbooks on the English language - Advanced |
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; To readers; Abbreviations; 1 Corpus linguistics; 2 Counting, calculating and annotating; 3 Looking for lexis; 4 Checking collocations and colligations; 5 Finding phrases; 6 Metaphor and metonymy; 7 Grammar; 8 Male and female; 9 Language change; 10 Corpus linguistics in cyberspace; References; Index |
| Summary |
A lively hands-on introduction to the use of electronic corpora in the description and analysis of English, this book provides an ideal introduction for university students of English at the intermediate level. Students planning papers, dissertations or theses will find the book a particularly valuable guide. After introducing corpora and the rationale and basic methodology of corpus linguistics, the author presents a number of case studies providing new insights into vocabulary, collocations, phraseology, metaphor and metonymy, syntactic structures, male and female language, and language change. In a final chapter it is shown how the web can be used as a source for linguistic investigations. Each chapter has study questions, exercises and suggestions for further reading. Students will benefit from the book's Clear language and structure Well-defined terminology Step-by-step instructions Generous, up-to-date exemplification from different varieties of English around the world Accompanying web-page with exercises and updated information about freely accessible corpora |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Corpora (Linguistics)
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Computational linguistics.
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English language -- Discourse analysis.
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computational linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Computational linguistics
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Corpora (Linguistics)
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English language -- Discourse analysis
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Computerlinguistik
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Korpus Linguistik
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Korpus (Linguistik)
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Englisch.
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Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Lehrbuch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780748631407 |
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0748631402 |
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