Corpus Linguistics by Douglas Biber
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.
"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
Biber, Douglas: - Douglas Biber is Regents' Professor of Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University. He has worked in Kenya and Somalia, and has been a visiting professor at several universities, including the University of Uppsala, University of Helsinki, University of Zurich, the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, and the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences. His previous books include Variation across Speech and Writing, Dimensions of Register Variation, Corpus Linguistics, The Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, and Discourse on the Move.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521499576 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521499577 |
| Title | Corpus Linguistics |
| Author | Douglas Biber |
| Series | Cambridge Approaches To Linguistics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
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