Corpus linguistics A guide to the methodology

Corpora are widely used in linguistics, but not always wisely. This book attempts to frame corpus linguistics systematically as a variant of the observational method. The first part introduces the reader to the general methodological discussions surrounding corpus data as well as the practice of doi...

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Main Author: Stefanowitsch, Anatol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Language Science Press 2020
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Summary:Corpora are widely used in linguistics, but not always wisely. This book attempts to frame corpus linguistics systematically as a variant of the observational method. The first part introduces the reader to the general methodological discussions surrounding corpus data as well as the practice of doing corpus linguistics, including issues such as the scientific research cycle, research design, extraction of corpus data and statistical evaluation. The second part consists of a number of case studies from the main areas of corpus linguistics (lexical associations, morphology, grammar, text and metaphor), surveying the range of issues studied in corpus linguistics while at the same time showing how they fit into the methodology outlined in the first part.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
ISBN:9783961102242
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3735822