Corpus Linguistics A Short Introduction [Hardcover]

This readable introductory textbook presents a concise survey of corpus linguistics. The first section of the book introduces?the key concepts in corpus linguistics and provides a brief history of the discipline. The second section expands the study of language and shows how corpus linguistics can advance our study of words and meaning, the benefits of studying the corpora, and how meaning can best be conceptualised. Explaining?corpus linguistics in easy to understand terms, and including a glossary and suggestions for further reading, this?book will be useful to students trying to get a grasp on this subject.

1. Language and Corpus Linguistics - Wolfgang Teubert1.1 Are all Languages the Same?1.2 Standard Linguistics and Word Meaning1.3 Words, Idioms and Collocations1.4 Corpus Linguistics: A Different Look at Language1.5 A Brief History of Corpus Linguistics

2. Directions in Corpus Linguistics - Wolfgang Teubert and Anna Cermakova2.1 Language and Representativeness2.2 Corpus Typology

2.2.1 Reference Corpus

2.2.2 Monitor Corpus

2.2.3 Parallel Corpora

2.2.4 Internet Corpus2.3 Meaning in Discourse2.4 Meaning as Usage and Paraphrase2.5 Globalisation2.6 What Corpus Linguistics can tell us about Meaning2.7 Collocations, Translation and Parallel Corpora2.8 Conclusion: From Meaning to Understanding

GlossarySuggestions for Further Reading