Paperback. 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 corporaIllustrated 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. Examines approaches to carrying out discourse analysis (DA) using techniques that are grounded in corpus linguistics. This book evaluates a variety of corpus-based methodologies including: collocations, keyness, concordances, dispersion plots, and building and annotating corpora. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis (Paperback)

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

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0826477259

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9780826477255

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Paperback

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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.

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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.

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