English Corpus Linguistics

2. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-107-05715-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Corpus linguistics is a research method which draws on authentic language examples, collected and organized into 'corpora', or searchable 'bodies' of data. The method was established in the 1960s, and has rapidly developed since then. Now in its second edition, this book provides a step-by-step guide on how to create and analyze linguistic corpora. It has been extensively updated to reflect the most recent developments in this ever-evolving field, and now covers the empirical foundation of corpus-based research, new methodological considerations that guide the creation of a corpus, new kinds of research that can be conducted on corpora, and the most up-to-date information on how qualitative and quantitative analyses of corpora are conducted. Theoretical approaches are introduced in an accessible, easy-to-read way, and the book is illustrated with a wide range of different linguistic corpora, making it essential reading for researchers and students in a number of subfields of linguistics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyer, Charles F

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The empirical study of language; 2. Planning the construction of a corpus; 3. Building and annotating a corpus; 4. Analyzing a corpus; Concluding remarks; Discussion topics.

Über Autor(innen)

Meyer, Charles F
Charles F. Meyer is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He has published extensively in the area of corpus linguistics and has been actively involved with the creation of corpora, such as the American component of the International Corpus of English.