Introducing Electronic Text Analysis: A Practical Guide for Language and Literary Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415320214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 176 str.

Svenja Adolphs

Opis

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis is a practical and much needed introduction to corpora - bodies of linguistic data. Written specifically for students studying this topic for the first time, the book begins with a discussion of the underlying principles of electronic text analysis. It then examines how these corpora enhance our understanding of literary and non-literary works. In the first section the author introduces the concepts of concordance and lexical frequency, concepts which are then applied to a range of areas of language study. Key areas examined are the use of on-line corpora to complement traditional stylistic analysis, and the ways in which methods such as concordance and frequency counts can reveal a particular ideology within a text. Presenting an accessible and thorough understanding of the underlying principles of electronic text analysis, the book contains abundant illustrative examples and a glossary with definitions of main concepts. It will also be supported by a companion website with links to on-line corpora so that students can apply their knowledge to further study. The accompanying website to this book can be found at http: //www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415320216

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Electronic Text Resources  3. Exploring Frequencies in Texts: Basic Techniques  4. Exploring Words and Phrases in Use: Basic Techniques  5. The Electronic Analysis of Literary Texts  6. Electronic Text Analysis, Language and Ideology  7. Language Teaching Applications  8. Further Fields of Application

O autorze

Svenja Adolphs