Small Corpus Studies and ELT

Theory and practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-272-2275-6
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 720 g

Reihe: Studies in Corpus Linguistics

Recent developments in this field of small corpus studies, largely brought about by the personal computer, have yielded remarkable insights into the nature and use of real language. This book presents work by a number of leading researchers in the field and covers a series of topics directly related to language teaching and language research. The ultimate aim of this book is to encourage the exploitation of small corpora by the ELT profession to make language learning more effective. In addition to descriptions of the basic corpus analysis tools, chapters in the collection cover syllabus and materials design, comparisons of different genres, descriptions of local and functional grammars, compilation and use of learner corpora, and making cross-linguistic comparisons. The message of this collection is that language use is purposeful and culture specific and that small corpus analysis is an effective method of linguistic investigation.
Preface by: John Sinclair;

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ghadessy, Mohsen

Henry, Alex

Roseberry, Robert L.