Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis

Paul Baker

ISBN 10: 0826477259 / ISBN 13: 9780826477255

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB, 2006

About this Item

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, and 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826477259
• ISBN 13: 9780826477255
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: illustrated edition.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.6W x 1.12H x 23.39D centimeters 15.6 centimeters width by 1.12 centimeters height by 23.39 centimeters depth
• Weight: 334 grams

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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 Professor of English Language at Lancaster University, UK.

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