| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 223 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in corpus linguistics,
1388-0373 ;
v. 6
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Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 6.
1388-0373
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index. |
| Contents |
Corpus Linguistics at Work; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Language teaching; 3. Corpus Issues; 4. The corpus-based approach; 5. The corpus-driven approach; 6. Item and Environment; 7. Working with corpora across languages; 8. The contextual theory of meaning; 9. Historical Landmarks in meaning; 10. Conclusion; References; Appendix 1 Concordance of all but from the Economist and the WSJ Corpus 55 out of a total 411 Instances.; Appendix 2 Exercise on all but from the Economist and WSJ Corpus. |
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Appendix 3 Exercise on except that from the Economist and the WSJ CorpusAppendix 4 Concordance of proper (Attributive use) from the BBC corpus 55 out of a total 631 Instances; Appendix 5 Concordance of Andare incontro from the Italian Corpus 49 Instances In total; Appendix 6 Concordance of in the case of from the Birmingham Corpus 50 instances out of a total 550; Appendix 7 Concordance of nel caso di/del/della etc. from the Italian Corpus 50 out of a total 319 instances; Appendix 8 Concordance of in case of from the Birmingham Corpus 45 out of a total 56 instances. |
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Appendix 9 Concordance of in caso di from the Italian Corpus 50 instances out of a total 83. INDEX; The series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS (SCL). |
| Summary |
The book offers a combined discussion of the main theoretical, methodological and application issues related to corpus work. Thus, starting from the definition of what is a corpus and why reading a corpus calls for a different methodology from reading a text, the underlying assumptions behind corpus work are discussed. The two main approaches to corpus work are discussed as the "corpus-based" and the "corpus-driven" approach and the theoretical positions underlying them explored in detail. The book adopts and exemplifies the parameters of the corpus-driven approach and posits a new unit of lin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Corpora (Linguistics)
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Corpora (Linguistics) |
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Computational linguistics.
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Computational linguistics. |
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Applied linguistics.
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Applied linguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tognini-Bonelli, Elena. Corpus linguistics at work. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001 1588110613 (DLC) 2001025061 (OCoLC)45806482 |
| ISBN |
9789027285447 (electronic book) |
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9027285446 (electronic book) |
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1588110613 |
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9781588110619 |
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9027222762 |
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9789027222763 |
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