Computational Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
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Overview
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 linguistic description defined systematically in the light of corpus evidence. The applications where the corpus-driven approach is exemplified are language teaching and contrastive linguistics. Alternating between practical examples and theoretical evaluation, the reader is led step-by-step to a detailed understanding of the issues involved in corpus work and, at the same time, tempted to explore for himself some of the major applications where a corpus-driven methodology can reveal unprecedented insights into linguistic patterning.
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"A corpus can be defined as a collection of texts assumed to be representative of a given language put together so that it can be used for linguistic analysis<-->(from the introduction). In this text, Tognini-Bonelli (affiliation not cited) argues for the establishment of a new discipline within linguistics, and within corpus linguistics called, provisionally, Corpus-driven Linguistics (CDL). The study explores this new approach and relates it to the fields of language teaching and translation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
January 1, 2001
Publisher
Benjamins, John Publishing Company
Pages
234
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781588110619