Exploring English With Online Corpora: An Introduction - Brossura

Anderson, Wendy; Corbett, John

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ISBN 10: 0230551408 ISBN 13: 9780230551404

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Riassunto

Never before have so many electronic resources been available to support the teaching of English. From a wide variety of online corpora to specialized archives of speech and writing, teachers and students are faced with the challenge of understanding these resources and selecting those appropriate to their purpose. This accessible introduction demonstrates how freely available corpora can be used for the study of English at different linguistic levels, including vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation.

With clear descriptions and a practical approach, Exploring English with Online Corpora:
• introduces readers to a range of online corpora that can be used to explore and analyse the English language
• provides a detailed guide to interpreting corpus data
• demonstrates how teachers and lecturers can integrate corpora into language courses
• includes interactive tasks, a helpful glossary and further reading sections

This essential guide to the use of online corpora will be invaluable for students studying the English language and beginning to formulate their own research questions.

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Informazioni sull?autore

WENDY ANDERSON is a Lecturer in the Department of English Language at Glasgow University. Formerly, she was the researcher for the Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech and Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing projects. She has published on corpus linguistics of English and French.

JOHN CORBETT is Professor of Applied Language Studies at Glasgow University. He directs the Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech and the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing. He is co-author of Beginning Old English, and has written widely on language and education.

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Never before have so many electronic resources been available to support the teaching of English. From a wide variety of online corpora to specialized archives of speech and writing, teachers and students are faced with the challenge of understanding these resources and selecting those appropriate to their purpose. This accessible introduction demonstrates how freely available corpora can be used for the study of English at different linguistic levels, including vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation.

With clear descriptions and a practical approach, Exploring English with Online Corpora:
introduces readers to a range of online corpora that can be used to explore and analyse the English language
provides a detailed guide to interpreting corpus data
demonstrates how teachers and lecturers can integrate corpora into language courses
includes interactive tasks, a helpful glossary and further reading sections

This essential guide to the use of online corpora will be invaluable for students studying the English language and beginning to formulate their own research questions.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0230551408
• ISBN 13: 9780230551404
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 205
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile