Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)

Biber, Douglas; Conrad, Susan; Reppen, Randi

ISBN 10: 0521499577 / ISBN 13: 9780521499576

Published by Cambridge University Press (edition First Edition), 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521499577
• ISBN 13: 9780521499576
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

This book is about investigating the way people use language in speech and writing. It introduces the corpus-based approach to the study of language, based on analysis of large databases of real language examples and illustrates exciting new findings about language and the different ways that people speak and write. The book is important both for its step-by-step descriptions of research methods and for its findings about grammar and vocabulary, language use, language learning, and differences in language use across texts and user groups.

About the Author

Douglas Biber is Regents' Professor of Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University. He has worked in Kenya and Somalia, and has been a visiting professor at several universities, including the University of Uppsala, University of Helsinki, University of Zurich, the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, and the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences. His previous books include Variation across Speech and Writing, Dimensions of Register Variation, Corpus Linguistics, The Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, and Discourse on the Move.