GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup ISBN 9780748611652 Corpus Linguistics has quickly established itself as the leading undergraduate course book in the subject This second edition takes full account of the latest developments in the rapidly changing field making this the most up to date and comprehensive textbook available It gives a step by step introduction to what a corpus is how corpora are constructed and what can be done with them Each chapter ends with a section of study questions that contain practical corpus based exercises Designed for student use with all technical terms explained in the text and referenced further in a GlossaryExamples are taken from existing corpora detailed case study chapter includedContains end of chapter summaries study questions and suggestions for further readingUpdated reviews of new studies areas that have recently come to prominence and new directions in corpus encoding and annotation standardsDetailed coverage of multilingual corpus construction and useAn in depth historical review of computer based corpora from the 1940s to the present dayHelpful appendices include answers to the study questions up to date information on where corpora can be found and the latest software for corpus research An important addition to the fast growing literature in corpus linguistics should be read by anyone interested in utilization of large scale corpora in linguistic research Studies in the Linguistic Sciences on the first edition

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