Corpus Linguistics

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9480-1
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 341 g

An introduction to corpus linguistics suitable for undergraduate students

Wolfgang Teubert is a prominent academic in this field
- Contains a glossary and suggestions for further reading
- Short and accessible - ideal for students

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.

Zielgruppe

Introductory Undergraduate, Upper Level Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teubert, Wolfgang

Cermáková, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Computerlinguistik, Korpuslinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Lexikologie, Lexikographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Language and Corpus Linguistics - Wolfgang Teubert
1.1 Are all Languages the Same?
1.2 Standard Linguistics and Word Meaning
1.3 Words, Idioms and Collocations
1.4 Corpus Linguistics: A Different Look at Language
1.5 A Brief History of Corpus Linguistics

2. Directions in Corpus Linguistics - Wolfgang Teubert and Anna Cermakova
2.1 Language and Representativeness
2.2 Corpus Typology
2.3 Meaning in Discourse
2.4 Meaning as Usage and Paraphrase
2.5 Globalisation
2.6 What Corpus Linguistics can tell us about Meaning
2.7 Collocations, Translation and Parallel Corpora
2.8 Conclusion: From Meaning to Understanding
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Wolfgang Teubert is Professor of Corpus Linguistics at the University of Birmingham.

Anna Cermáková is at the Centre for Corpus Linguistics, University of Birmingham.