Exploring Corpus Linguistics : Language in Action

ISBN-13: 9780415585460 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str.

Winnie Cheng

Opis

This volume consists of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in applied linguistics, designed for those entering postgraduate studies and language professionals returning to academic study.

Spis treści

Section A Problems and Practices. 1. Introduction. 2. Linguistic Inquiries. 3. Situated Linguistic Inquiries. Section B Interventions. 4. Introduction to Corpus Linguistics. 5. Corpus Search and Analysis Methods. 6. Data-driven and Corpus-driven Language Learning. 7. Extended Units of Meaning. Section C Theory. 8. Corpus-based Understandings of Language and Text. 9. Corpus Approaches to Language and Text. 10. Summary and Conclusions.

O autorze

Winnie Cheng is Professor of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.Her publications include Intercultural Conversation (2003), A corpus-driven analysis of discourse intonation (2008), Professional communication: Collaboration between academics and practitioners (2009), and Language for professional communication: Research, practice & training (2009).