Corpus linguistics : an introduction / Tony McEnery and Andrew Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McEnery, Tony, 1964- author.

Wilson, Andrew, 1966- author.

Series:

Edinburgh textbooks in empirical linguistics.

Edinburgh textbooks in empirical linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computational linguistics--Methodology.

Computational linguistics.

Discourse analysis--Data processing.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2001.

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748611652);Corpus Linguistics has quickly established itself as the leading undergraduate course book in the subject. This second edition takes full account of the latest developments in the rapidly changing field, making this the most up-to-date and comprehensive textbook available. It gives a step-by-step introduction to what a corpus is, how corpora are constructed, and what can be done with them. Each chapter ends with a section of study questions that contain practical corpus-based exercises.Designed for student use, with all technical terms explained in the text and referenced further in a GlossaryExamples are taken from existing corpora; detailed case study chapter includedContains end-of-chapter summaries, study questions and suggestions for further readingUpdated reviews of new studies, areas that have recently come to prominence and new directions in corpus encoding and annotation standardsDetailed coverage of multilingual corpus construction and useAn in-depth historical review of computer-based corpora from the 1940s to the present dayHelpful appendices include answers to the study questions, up-to-date information on where corpora can be found, and the latest software for corpus research."[An] important addition to the fast growing literature in corpus linguistics... should be read by anyone interested in utilization of large-scale corpora in linguistic research."Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, on the first edition."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Early Corpus Linguistics and the Chomskyan Revolution

2 What is a Corpus and What is in It?

3 Quantitative Data

4 The Use of Corpora in Language Studies

5 Corpora and Language Engineering

6 A Case Study: Sublanguages

7 Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards

Glossary

Appendix A: Corpora Mentioned in the Text

Appendix B: Some Software for Corpus Research

Appendix C: Suggested Solutions to Exercises

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7086-6