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Corpus linguistics for grammar : a guide for research / Christian Jones and Daniel Waller.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Corpus Linguistics GuidesPublication details: London : Routledge, 2015.Description: xiv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415746410 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.188 23 J76
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. Defining Grammar and Using Corpora -- Chapter 1. What is a corpus? What can a corpus tell us? -- Chapter 2. Definitions of a Descriptive Grammar -- Chapter 3. What corpora can we access and what tools can we use to analyse them? Part 2. Corpus Linguistics for Grammar: Areas of InvestigationChapter 4. Frequency -- Chapter 5. Chunks and Colligation -- Chapter 6. Semantic Prosody -- Part 3. Applications of Research -- Chapter 7. Applications to English Language Teaching -- Chapter 8. Wider Applications: Data-Driven Journalism and Discourse Analysis -- Chapter 9. Research Projects -- Suggested Answers -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: "Corpus Linguistics for Grammar provides an accessible and practical overview of how we can use corpus linguistics to analyse grammar. It examines the kinds of corpora available and the tools which can be used to analyse them, demonstrates how features of grammar can be explored using corpora, and provides three illustrative examples of research projects based on corpus data. Targeted at final year undergraduate and postgraduate university students studying within the areas of English Language, Literature, Applied Linguistics and TESOL, this book will be essential reading for any students undertaking grammar corpus research"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
Part 1. Defining Grammar and Using Corpora --
Chapter 1. What is a corpus? What can a corpus tell us? --
Chapter 2. Definitions of a Descriptive Grammar --
Chapter 3. What corpora can we access and what tools can we use to analyse them?
Part 2. Corpus Linguistics for Grammar: Areas of InvestigationChapter 4. Frequency --
Chapter 5. Chunks and Colligation --
Chapter 6. Semantic Prosody --
Part 3. Applications of Research --
Chapter 7. Applications to English Language Teaching --
Chapter 8. Wider Applications: Data-Driven Journalism and Discourse Analysis --
Chapter 9. Research Projects --
Suggested Answers --
Glossary --
Index.

"Corpus Linguistics for Grammar provides an accessible and practical overview of how we can use corpus linguistics to analyse grammar. It examines the kinds of corpora available and the tools which can be used to analyse them, demonstrates how features of grammar can be explored using corpora, and provides three illustrative examples of research projects based on corpus data. Targeted at final year undergraduate and postgraduate university students studying within the areas of English Language, Literature, Applied Linguistics and TESOL, this book will be essential reading for any students undertaking grammar corpus research"--

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