Exploring English with Online Corpora An Introduction
Heftet /
2009
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9780230551404
Published
2009-05-18
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave Macmillan
Weight
322 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
155 mm
Thickness
13 mm
Age
Lower undergraduate, U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
224
Biographical note
WENDY ANDERSON is a Lecturer in the department of English Language at Glasgow University, UK.Formerly, shewasthe researcherforthe Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speechand Corpus of Modern Scottish Writingprojects.She has published on corpus linguisticsof English and French. JOHN CORBETT is Full Professor of English Studies at the University of Macau. Formerly in the department of English Language at Glasgow University, UK, he directed the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech and the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing.He is the co-author ofBeginning Old English with Carole Hough (Palgrave, 2006) and has written widely on language and education.'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
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.
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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.
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Introducing Online Corpora.- Interpreting Corpus Data.- Exploring Lexis with Corpora.- Exploring Grammar with Corpora.- Exploring Discourse with Corpora.- Exploring Pronunciation with Corpora.- Contextualising Corpus Texts.- Conclusion: Issues in the Use of Corpora in Teaching and Research.- Appendix: Online Corpora.- Bibliography.- Glossary.- Index.
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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
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Product details
ISBN
9780230551404
Published
2009-05-18
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave Macmillan
Weight
322 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
155 mm
Thickness
13 mm
Age
Lower undergraduate, U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
224