Corpus linguistics: an introduction
The publication of Corpus Linguistics is noteworthy: as the first volume in the new series "Edinburgh Textbooks in Empirical Linguistics", this textbook reflects not only the increasing importance that empirically-based studies of language are coming to play in linguistics but the prominent role that corpus linguistics has assumed among the many different empirically-based approaches to language study. In Corpus Linguistics, McEnery and Wilson very clearly introduce the field of corpus linguist…
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- Full title :Corpus linguistics : an introduction / Tony McEnery and Andrew Wilson.
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The publication of Corpus Linguistics is noteworthy: as the first volume in the new series "Edinburgh Textbooks in Empirical Linguistics", this textbook reflects not only the increasing importance that empirically-based studies of language are coming to play in linguistics but the prominent role that corpus linguistics has assumed among the many different empirically-based approaches to language study. In Corpus Linguistics, McEnery and Wilson very clearly introduce the field of corpus linguistics to students, providing a very effective overview of the key linguistic and computational issues that corpus linguists have to address as they create corpora and conduct analyses of them.
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- Publication Date:©2001
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
- Place of Publication:Edinburgh
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2001
The Physical Object
- Description:235 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0748611657, 9780748611652
- oclc:ocm46984172
- LC Classification:P98
- Dewey Decimal:418
Table of Contents
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 -- App. A. Corpora Mentioned in the Text -- App. B. Some Software for Corpus Research -- App. C. Suggested Solutions to Exercises.
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