1. Introduction -- 2. Building a corpus -- 3. Corpora and lexis -- 4. Corpus research and grammar -- 5. Spoken corpus research -- 6. Corpora and the classroom -- 7. Corpora and ESP -- 8. Corpora in perspective -- 9. Conclusion.
This title provides a practical guide to undertaking ELT-related corpus research. Aimed at researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of ELT and TESOL, and English language teachers, the book: covers corpus research in the main areas of language study relevant…
This title provides a practical guide to undertaking ELT-related corpus research. Aimed at researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of ELT and TESOL, and English language teachers, the book: covers corpus research in the main areas of language study relevant…
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In case you are considering to adopt this book for courses with over 50 students, please contact ties.nijssen@springer.com for more information. This introduction to mathematical logic starts with propositional calculus and first-order logic. Topics covered include syntax, seman…
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