Exploring English with Online Corpora: An Introduction - Softcover

Anderson, Wendy; Corbett, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230551408 ISBN 13: 9780230551404

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

A corpus is a collection of texts often used by students to study language. Increasingly this is done online and so this introduction is an essential guide to using these resources

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'This introductory textbook does an amazing job of covering a lot of territory in a very accessible manner for a wide range of readers, with well thought-out, engaging activities. Ideal for a variety of applied linguistics courses as well as for those studying corpus linguistics.'

- Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University, USA

'Anderson & Corbett do an impressive job of addressing the niceties of corpus literacy for an extremely wide audience, without compromising on rigour.  This will undoubtedly become a valuable textbook for students and teachers on a variety of applied and corpus linguistics courses.' - International Journal of Corpus Linguistics

Reseña del editor

Never before have so many resources been available to support the teaching of English. With clear descriptions and interactive tasks, this introduction demonstrates how online corpora can be used in the teaching and learning of English at different linguistic levels, including vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation. 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230551408
• ISBN 13: 9780230551404
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224