Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics) - Hardcover

Biber, Douglas; Conrad, Susan; Reppen, Randi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521496225 ISBN 13: 9780521496223

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

This book is about investigating the way people use language in speech and writing. It introduces the corpus-based approach to the study of language, based on analysis of large databases of real language examples, and illustrates interesting findings about language and the different ways that people speak and write.

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Críticas

"This book could be used as part of the curriculum for an introductory corpus linguistics class, especially for students with a humanities background." Vasileios Hatzivassiloglou, Computational Linguistics

Reseña del editor

This book is about investigating the way people use language in speech and writing. It introduces the corpus-based approach to linguistics, based on analysis of large databases of real language examples stored on computer. Each chapter focuses on a different area of linguistics, including lexicography, grammar, discourse, register variation, language acquisition, and historical linguistics. Example analyses are presented in each chapter to provide concrete descriptions of the research methods and advantages of corpus-based techniques. Ten methodology boxes provide clear and concise explanations of the issues in doing corpus-based research and reading corpus-based studies and there is a useful appendix of resources for corpus-based investigation. This lucid and comprehensive introduction to the subject will be welcomed by a broad range of readers, from undergraduate students to professional researchers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521496225
• ISBN 13: 9780521496223
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310