Exploring English With Online Corpora
An introduction
Published on 18. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-230-55140-4 (ISBN)
Description
Never before have so many resources been available to support the teaching of English. With clear descriptions and interactive tasks, this introduction demonstrates how online corpora can be used in the teaching and learning of English at different linguistic levels, including vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation.
Reviews / Votes
'This introductory textbook does an amazing job of covering a lot of territory in a very accessible manner for a wide range of readers, with well thought-out, engaging activities. Ideal for a variety of applied linguistics courses as well as for those studying corpus linguistics.' - Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University, USA 'Anderson & Corbett do an impressive job of addressing the niceties of corpus literacy for an extremely wide audience, without compromising on rigour. This will undoubtedly become a valuable textbook for students and teachers on a variety of applied and corpus linguistics courses.' - International Journal of Corpus LinguisticsMore details
Edition
2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-55140-4 (9780230551404)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-07915-2
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2009
Palgrave Macmillan
€93.08
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Persons
WENDY ANDERSON is a Lecturer in the department of English Language at Glasgow University, UK. Formerly, she was the researcher for the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech and Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing projects. She has published on corpus linguistics of English and French.
JOHN CORBETT is Full Professor of English Studies at the University of Macau. Formerly in the department of English Language at Glasgow University, UK, he directed the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech and the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing. He is the co-author of Beginning Old English with Carole Hough (Palgrave, 2006) and has written widely on language and education.
JOHN CORBETT is Full Professor of English Studies at the University of Macau. Formerly in the department of English Language at Glasgow University, UK, he directed the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech and the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing. He is the co-author of Beginning Old English with Carole Hough (Palgrave, 2006) and has written widely on language and education.
Content
Introducing Online Corpora.- Interpreting Corpus Data.- Exploring Lexis with Corpora.- Exploring Grammar with Corpora.- Exploring Discourse with Corpora.- Exploring Pronunciation with Corpora.- Contextualising Corpus Texts.- Conclusion: Issues in the Use of Corpora in Teaching and Research.- Appendix: Online Corpora.- Bibliography.- Glossary.- Index.