ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics provides a timely overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Through the electronic analysis of large bodies of text, corpus linguistics demonstrates and supports linguistic statements and assumptions. In recent years it has seen an ever-widening application in a variety of fields: computational linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, pragmatics and translation studies.
Bringing together experts in the key areas of development and change, the handbook is structured around six themes which take the reader through building and designing a corpus to using a corpus to study literature and translation.
A comprehensive introduction covers the historical development of the field and its growing influence and application in other areas. Structured around five headings for ease of reference, each contribution includes further reading sections with three to five key texts highlighted and annotated to facilitate further exploration of the topics. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics is the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|28 pages
Introduction
section Section II|76 pages
Building and designing a corpus
section Section III|90 pages
Analysing a corpus
section Section IV|122 pages
Using a corpus for language research
section Section V|68 pages
Using a corpus for language pedagogy and methodology
section Section VI|100 pages
Designing corpus-based materials for the language classroom
section Section VII|60 pages
Using corpora to study literature and translation
section Section VIII|102 pages
Applying corpus linguistics to other areas of research
