"This book presents a constitutive approach to controversy based on a discourse analysis of news texts, focusing on the role of journalists as participants who shape public controversy for readers. Drawing data from the Reuters Corpus, the project identifies formulas that journa…
The book is an empirical study of naturally occurring talk between psychotherapist and clients experiencing various anxieties and traumas that most of us recognize and can relate to. By relying on contemporary theories about sequential, situated discourse as well as drawing on "…
This is a definitive resource for students of applied linguistics, language teaching and an indispensable resource for students of general linguistics.
This is a definitive resource for students of applied linguistics, language teaching and an indispensible resource for students of general linguistics.
Cross-linguistic corpora for the study of translations: insights from the language pair English-German
by Kunz, Kerstin, Steiner, Erich, Neumann, Stella, Maksymski, Karin, Hansen-Schirra, Silvia, Čulo, Oliver, Hansen, Sandra, Kast, Marlene, Klein, Yvonne, Vela, Mihaela
fromText, translation, computational processing
Cross-Linguistic Corpora for the Study of Translations: Insights from the Language Pair English-German
by Kunz, Kerstin, Steiner, Erich, Neumann, Stella, Maksymski, Karin, Hansen-Schirra, Silvia, Čulo, Oliver, Hansen, Sandra, Kast, Marlene, Klein, Yvonne, Vela, Mihaela
fromText, Translation, Computational Processing [TTCP]
Main description: This book is a contribution to the study of translation as a contact variety, and - more generally - to language comparison and language contact with a focus on English and German. Methodologically, the contributors implement an empirical research strategy with…
Corpus linguistics is leading to the development of theories about language which challenge existing orthodoxies in applied linguistics. However, there are also many questions which should be examined and debated: how big should a corpus be? Is the data from a corpus reliable? W…
Corpus linguistics is leading to the development of theories about language which challenge existing orthodoxies in applied linguistics. However, there are also many questions which should be examined and debated: how big should a corpus be? Is the data from a corpus reliable? W…
Hunston's (U. of Birmingham) text introduces students of applied linguistics to corpus investigation. Coverage includes the effect of corpus studies on theories of language and how languages should be described, a critical approach to the methods used in investigating corpora, a…