Corpus Stylistics: Theory and Practice - Softcover

McIntyre, Dan; Walker, Brian

 
9781474413213: Corpus Stylistics: Theory and Practice
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1474413218 ISBN 13: 9781474413213
Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2019

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A theoretical and practical guide to using corpus linguistic techniques in stylistic analysis

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dan McIntyre is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield.

Brian Walker is a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield.



Dan McIntyre is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield. Brian Walker is a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield.

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Corpus Stylistics: Theory and PracticeA theoretical and practical guide to using corpus linguistic techniques in stylistic analysisSupported by detailed instructions of how to access and use relevant corpus software, this is a user’s guide to doing corpus stylistic analysis. For students and researchers in stylistics new to the use of corpus methods and theories, the book presents a ‘how-to’ guide; for corpus linguists it opens the door to the theories, models and frameworks developed in stylistics that are of value to mainstream corpus linguistics. Eight original case studies demonstrate how to use corpus tools to analyse style in a range of texts, from the contemporary to the historical.McIntyre and Walker explain how to develop appropriate research questions for corpus stylistic analysis, how to construct and annotate corpora, how to make sense of statistics and how to analyse corpus data. The book provides practical advice on how to manage the transition from quantitative results to qualitative analysis, and explores how theories, models and frameworks from stylistics can be used to enhance the qualitative phase of corpus analysis.Key features•Contains detailed instructions of how to access and use three major corpus tools – AntConc, Wmatrix and the BYU Corpus interface – plus other relevant software•Offers practical advice on constructing and annotating corpora•Explains how corpus methods and theories can be used in stylistic analysis•Provides guidance on using stylistic theories, models and frameworks in the rigorous qualitative analysis of corpus data•Demonstrates the benefits to be gained from corpus-based stylistic analysis through eight original case studiesDan McIntyre is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield.Brian Walker is a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield.

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Corpus Stylistics: Theory and Practice A theoretical and practical guide to using corpus linguistic techniques in stylistic analysis Supported by detailed instructions of how to access and use relevant corpus software, this is a user's guide to doing corpus stylistic analysis. For students and researchers in stylistics new to the use of corpus methods and theories, the book presents a 'how-to' guide; for corpus linguists it opens the door to the theories, models and frameworks developed in stylistics that are of value to mainstream corpus linguistics. Eight original case studies demonstrate how to use corpus tools to analyse style in a range of texts, from the contemporary to the historical. McIntyre and Walker explain how to develop appropriate research questions for corpus stylistic analysis, how to construct and annotate corpora, how to make sense of statistics and how to analyse corpus data. The book provides practical advice on how to manage the transition from quantitative results to qualitative analysis, and explores how theories, models and frameworks from stylistics can be used to enhance the qualitative phase of corpus analysis. Key features -Contains detailed instructions of how to access and use three major corpus tools - AntConc, Wmatrix and the BYU Corpus interface - plus other relevant software -Offers practical advice on constructing and annotating corpora -Explains how corpus methods and theories can be used in stylistic analysis -Provides guidance on using stylistic theories, models and frameworks in the rigorous qualitative analysis of corpus data -Demonstrates the benefits to be gained from corpus-based stylistic analysis through eight original case studies Dan McIntyre is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield. Brian Walker is a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield.

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Verlag
Edinburgh University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1474413218
ISBN 13 
9781474413213
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
356
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