The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics)

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics provides a timely overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Through the electronic analysis of large bodies of text, corpus linguistics demonstrates and supports linguistic statements and assumptions. In recent years it has seen an ever-widening application in a variety of fields: computational linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, pragmatics and translation studies.Bringing together experts in the key areas of development and change, the handbook is structured around six themes which take the reader through building and designing a corpus to using a corpus to study literature and translation. Each theme is preceded by a substantial overview of the area putting the subsequent themes into perspective.A comprehensive introduction covers the historical development of the field and its growing influence and application in other areas. Structured around five headings for ease of reference, each contribution includes further reading sections with three to five key texts highlighted and annotated to facilitate further exploration of the topics.The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics is the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates.Anne O'Keefe is senior lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. She is co-author of Introducing Pragmatics in User (Routledge, 2011).Michael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Section I. Introduction: 1. Historical perspective: What are corpora and how have they evolved? / Michael J. McCarthy and Anne O'Keeffe 2. Theoretical overview of the evolution of Corpus Linguistics / Elena Tognini Bonelli Section II. Building and designing a corpus: What are the key considerations?: 3. Building a corpus: What are the key considerations? / Randi Reppen 4. Building a spoken corpus: What are the basics? / Svenja Adolphs and Dawn Knight 5. Building a written corpus: What are the basics? / Mike Nelson 6. Building small specialised corpora / Almut Koester 7. Building a corpus to represent a variety of a language / Brian Clancy 8. Building a specialised audio-visual corpus / Paul Thompson Section III. Analysing a corpus: What are the basics?: 9. What corpora are available? / David Y.W. Lee 10. What are the basics of analysing a corpus? / Jane Evison 11. What can corpus software do? / Mike Scott 12. How can a corpus be used to explore patterns? / Susan Hunston 13. What are concordances and how are they used? / Christopher Tribble 14. What can corpus software reveal about language development? / Xiaofei Lu Section IV. Using a corpus for language research: What can a corpus tell us about language?: 15. What can a corpus tell us about lexis? / Rosamund Moon 16. What can a corpus tell us about multi-word units? / Chris Greaves and Martin Warren 17. What can a corpus tell us about grammar? / Susan Conrad 18. What can a corpus tell us about registers? / Doug Biber 19. What can a corpus tell us about specialist genres? / Mike Handford 20. What can a corpus tell us about discourse? / Scott Thornbury 21. What can a corpus tell us about pragmatics? / Christoph Rühlemann 22. What can a corpus tell us about creativity? / Thuc Anh Vo and Ronald Carter Section V. Using a corpus for language pedagogy and methodology: 23. What can a corpus tell us about language teaching? / Winnie Cheng 24. What features of spoken and written corpora can be exploited in creating language teaching materials and syllabuses? / Steve Walsh 25. What is Data-Driven Learning? / Angela Chambers 26. How can Data-Driven Learning be used in language teaching? / Gaëtanelle Gilquin and Sylviane Granger 27. How can we prepare learners for using language corpora? / Passapong Sripicharn Section VI. Designing corpus-based materials for the language classroom: 28. What a corpus tell us about vocabulary teaching materials? / Martha Jones and Philip Durrant 29. What a corpus tells us about grammar teaching materials? / Rebecca Hughes 30. Corpus-based coursebook design / Jeanne McCarten 31. Using corpora to write dictionaries / Elizabeth Walter 32. Using corpora to design writing materials / Lynne Flowerdew 33. What can corpora tell us about English for Academic Purposes? / Averil Coxhead 34. How can teachers use a corpus for their own research? / Elaine Vaughan Section VII. Using corpora to study literature and translation: 35. What are parallel and comparative corpora and how can we use them? / Marie Madeleine Kenning 36. How can corpora help in translation? / Natalie Kübler and Guy Aston 37. How can corpora be used to explore the language of poetry and drama? / Daniel McIntyre and Brian Walker 38. How can corpora be used to explore literary speech representation? / Carolina P. Amador Moreno Section VIII. Applying corpus linguistics to other areas of research: 39. How to use corpus linguistics in Sociolinguistics? / Gisle Andersen 40. How to use corpus linguistics in the study of Media Discourse? / Kieran O'Halloran 41. How to use corpus linguistics in Forensic Linguistics? / Janet Cotterill 42. How to use corpus linguistics in the study of political discourse? / Annelie Ädel 43. How to use corpus linguistics in the study of health communication? / Sarah Atkins and Kevin Harvey 44. How can corpora be used in teacher education? / Fiona Farr 45. How can corpora be used in language testing? / Fiona Barker. Cover......Page 1 The Routledge handbook of corpus linguistics......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Illustrations......Page 10 Contributors......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 28 Section I Introduction......Page 30 1 Historical perspective What are corpora and how have they evolved?......Page 32 2 Theoretical overview of the evolution of corpus linguistics......Page 43 Section II Building and designing a corpus: what are the key considerations?......Page 58 3 Building a corpus What are the key considerations?......Page 60 4 Building a spoken corpus What are the basics?......Page 67 5 Building a written corpus What are the basics?......Page 82 6 Building small specialised corpora......Page 95 7 Building a corpus to represent a variety of a language......Page 109 8 Building a specialised audio-visual corpus......Page 122 Section III Analysing a corpus What are the basics?......Page 134 9 What corpora are available?......Page 136 10 What are the basics of analysing a corpus?......Page 151 11 What can corpus software do?......Page 165 12 How can a corpus be used to explore patterns?......Page 181 13 What are concordances and how are they used?......Page 196 14 What can corpus software reveal about language development?......Page 213 Section IV Using a corpus for language research What can a corpus tell us about language?......Page 224 15 What can a corpus tell us about lexis?......Page 226 16 What can a corpus tell us about multi-word units?......Page 241 17 What can a corpus tell us about grammar?......Page 256 18 What can a corpus tell us about registers and genres?......Page 270 19 What can a corpus tell us about specialist genres?......Page 284 20 What can a corpus tell us about discourse?......Page 299 21 What can a corpus tell us about pragmatics?......Page 317 22 What can a corpus tell us about creativity?......Page 331 Section V Using a corpus for language pedagogy and methodology......Page 346 23 What can a corpus tell us about language teaching?......Page 348 24 What features of spoken and written corpora can be exploited in creating language teaching materials and syllabuses?......Page 362 25 What is data-driven learning?......Page 374 26 How can data-driven learning be used in language teaching?......Page 388 27 How can we prepare learners for using language corpora?......Page 400 Section VI Designing corpus-based materials for the language classroom......Page 414 28 What can a corpus tell us about vocabulary teaching materials?......Page 416 29 What a corpus tells us about grammar teaching materials......Page 430 30 Corpus-informed course book design......Page 442 31 Using corpora to write dictionaries......Page 457 32 Using corpora for writing instruction......Page 473 33 What can corpora tell us about English for Academic Purposes?......Page 487 34 How can teachers use a corpus for their own research?......Page 500 Section VII Using corpora to study literature and translation......Page 514 35 What are parallel and comparable corpora and how can we use them?......Page 516 36 Using corpora in translation......Page 530 37 How can corpora be used to explore the language of poetry and drama?......Page 545 38 How can corpora be used to explore literary speech representation?......Page 560 Section VIII Applying corpus linguistics to other areas of research......Page 574 39 How to use corpus linguistics in sociolinguistics......Page 576 40 How to use corpus linguistics in the study of media discourse......Page 592 41 How to use corpus linguistics in forensic linguistics......Page 607 42 How to use corpus linguistics in the study of political discourse......Page 620 43 How to use corpus linguistics in the study of health communication......Page 634 44 How can corpora be used in teacher education?......Page 649 45 How can corpora be used in language testing?......Page 662 Index......Page 676 Historical Perspective: What Are Corpora And How Have They Evolved? / Michael J. Mccarthy And Anne O'keeffe -- Theoretical Overview Of The Evolution Of Corpus Linguistics / Elena Tognini Bonelli -- Building A Corpus: What Are The Key Considerations? / Randi Reppen -- Building A Spoken Corpus: What Are The Basics? / Svenja Adolphs And Dawn Knight -- Building A Written Corpus: What Are The Basics? / Mike Nelson -- Building Small Specialised Corpora / Almut Koester -- Building A Corpus To Represent A Variety Of A Language / Brian Clancy -- Building A Specialised Audio-visual Corpus / Paul Thompson -- What Corpora Are Available? / David Y.w. Lee -- What Are The Basics Of Analysing A Corpus? / Jane Evison -- What Can Corpus Software Do? / Mike Scott -- How Can A Corpus Be Used To Explore Patterns? / Susan Hunston -- What Are Concordances And How Are They Used? / Christopher Tribble -- What Can Corpus Software Reveal About Language Development? / Xiaofei Lu --^ What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Lexis? / Rosamund Moon -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Multi-word Units? / Chris Greaves And Martin Warren -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Grammar? / Susan Conrad -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Registers? / Doug Biber -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Specialist Genres? / Mike Handford -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Discourse? / Scott Thornbury -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Pragmatics? / Christoph Rühlemann -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Creativity? / Thuc Anh Vo And Ronald Carter -- What Can A Corpus Tell Us About Language Teaching? / Winnie Cheng -- What Features Of Spoken And Written Corpora Can Be Exploited In Creating Language Teaching Materials And Syllabuses? / Steve Walsh -- What Is Data-driven Learning? / Angela Chambers -- How Can Data-driven Learning Be Used In Language Teaching? / Gaëtanelle Gilquin And Sylviane Granger -- How Can We Prepare Learners For Using Language Corpora? / Passapong Sripicharn --^ What A Corpus Tell Us About Vocabulary Teaching Materials? / Martha Jones And Philip Durrant -- What A Corpus Tells Us About Grammar Teaching Materials? / Rebecca Hughes -- Corpus-informed Course Book Design / Jeanne Mccarten -- Using Corpora To Write Dictionaries / Elizabeth Walter -- Using Corpora To Design Writing Materials / Lynne Flowerdew -- What Can Corpora Tell Us About English For Academic Purposes? / Averil Coxhead -- How Can Teachers Use A Corpus For Their Own Research? / Elaine Vaughan -- What Are Parallel And Comparative Corpora And How Can We Use Them? / Marie Madeleine Kenning -- How Can Corpora Help In Translation? / Natalie Kübler And Guy Aston -- How Can Corpora Be Used To Explore The Language Of Poetry And Drama? / Daniel Mcintyre And Brian Walker -- How Can Corpora Be Used To Explore Literary Speech Representation? / Carolina P. Amador Moreno -- How To Use Corpus Linguistics In Sociolinguistics? / Gisle Andersen --^ How To Use Corpus Linguistics In The Study Of Media Discourse? / Kieran O'halloran -- How To Use Corpus Linguistics In Forensic Linguistics? / Janet Cotterill -- How To Use Corpus Linguistics In The Study Of Political Discourse? / Annelie Ädel -- How To Use Corpus Linguistics In The Study Of Health Communication? / Sarah Atkins And Kevin Harvey -- How Can Corpora Be Used In Teacher Education? / Fiona Farr -- How Can Corpora Be Used In Language Testing? / Fiona Barker. Edited By Anne O'keeffe And Michael Mccarthy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. __The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics__ provides a timely overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Through the electronic analysis of large bodies of text, corpus linguistics demonstrates and supports linguistic statements and assumptions. In recent years it has seen an ever-widening application in a variety of fields: computational linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, pragmatics and translation studies. Bringing together experts in the key areas of development and change, the handbook is structured around six themes which take the reader through building and designing a corpus to using a corpus to study literature and translation. Each theme is preceded by a substantial overview of the area putting the subsequent themes into perspective. A comprehensive introduction covers the historical development of the field and its growing influence and application in other areas. Structured around five headings for ease of reference, each contribution includes further reading sections with three to five key texts highlighted and annotated to facilitate further exploration of the topics. __The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics__ is the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. Provides an overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. This handbook covers the historical development of the field and its growing influence and application in other areas. It is suitable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates This text provides an overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. The handbook is structured around six themes which take the reader through building and designing a corpus to using a corpus to study literature and translation