Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes: ESP Perspectives

Maurizio Gotti; Davide Simone Giannoni

ISBN 10: 3034315163 / ISBN 13: 9783034315166

Verlag: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2014

Beschreibung

The eighteen chapters in this volume look at the use of corpus analysis for descriptive and pedagogical purposes, focusing on contexts where English is employed by specialists in the professions and academia. They also debate some of the challenges arising from the complex relationship between linguistic theory, data-mining tools and statistical methods.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers b10995

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes: ESP Perspectives
• Verlag: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3034315163
• ISBN-13: 9783034315166
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

The eighteen chapters in this volume look at the use of corpus analysis for descriptive and pedagogical purposes, focusing on contexts where English is employed by specialists in the professions and academia. They also debate some of the challenges arising from the complex relationship between linguistic theory, data-mining tools and statistical methods.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Maurizio Gotti is Professor of English Language and Translation, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Communication, and Director of the Research Centre for LSP Research (CERLIS) at the University of Bergamo. His main research areas are the features and origins of specialized discourse.
Davide S. Giannoni, PhD, is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Bergamo. His research on academic and professional genres has appeared in several international journals. With Peter Lang he has published Mapping Academic Values in the Disciplines: A Corpus-Based Approach (2010).