Weisser Practical Corpus Linguistics

An Introduction to Corpus-Based Language Analysis
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-83190-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

This is the first book of its kind to provide a practical and student-friendly guide to corpus linguistics that explains the nature of electronic data and how it can be collected and analyzed.
* Designed to equip readers with the technical skills necessary to analyze and interpret language data, both written and (orthographically) transcribed
* Introduces a number of easy-to-use, yet powerful, free analysis resources consisting of standalone programs and web interfaces for use with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
* Each section includes practical exercises, a list of sources and further reading, and illustrated step-by-step introductions to analysis tools
* Requires only a basic knowledge of computer concepts in order to develop the specific linguistic analysis skills required for understanding/analyzing corpus data

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weisser, Martin

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Weisser is a Professor in the National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China . He is the author of Essential Programming for Linguistics (2009), and has published numerous articles and book chapters, including contributions to The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Wiley, 2012) and Corpus Pragmatics: A Handbook (2014).