Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis

Baker, Paul

ISBN 10: 0826477259 / ISBN 13: 9780826477255

Published by Continuum, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis
• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826477259
• ISBN 13: 9780826477255
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines approaches to carrying out discourse analysis (DA) using techniques that are grounded in corpus linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge of corpora, the book examines and evaluates a variety of corpus-based methodologies including:

* collocations,
* keyness
* concordances
* dispersion plots
* building and annotating corpora

Illustrated with a number of real-life examples of corpus-based DA from a range of sources and covering a variety of subjects, this is an informative introduction to using corpus linguistics as a methodology in discourse analysis.

About the Authors

Paul Baker is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Modern English language at Lancaster University, UK.

Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education at the University of East Anglia, UK.