English Corpus Linguistics: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781107681835 / Angielski

Charles F. Meyer

Opis

Now in its second edition, this is a step-by-step guide to creating and analyzing linguistic corpora. It has been extensively updated to reflect the new developments in this rapidly evolving field, and is illustrated with a wide range of examples, making it essential reading for students in all areas of linguistics.

Recenzje

'In a most reachable way, this book invites the reader to the fascinating world of digitized text collections. It provides the up-to-date information needed to build, annotate and exploit English language corpora, and clarifies the theoretical and empirical foundations underlying the corpus-based methodology.' Merja Kytö, Uppsala University

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The empirical study of language; 2. Planning the construction of a corpus; 3. Building and annotating a corpus; 4. Analyzing a corpus; Concluding remarks; Discussion topics.