Corpora and language education / Lynne Flowerdew.

"Corpora and Language Education critically examines key concepts and issues in corpus linguistics, with a particular focus on the expanding interdisciplinary nature of the field and the role that written and spoken corpora now play in the fields of professional communication, teacher education,...

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Main Author: Flowerdew, Lynne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:Research and practice in applied linguistics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Key Concepts and Approaches: Definition, purposes and applications of corpora; Historical and conceptual background of corpus linguistics: evolutionary, revolutionary or counter-revolutionary; Approaches to corpus linguistics
  • Part II. The Nexus of Corpus Linguistics, Textlinguistics and Sociolinguistics: How is corpus linguistics related to discourse analysis?; How is corpus linguistics related to sociolinguistics
  • Part III. Applications of Corpora in Research and Teaching Arenas: Applying corpus linguistics in research arenas; Applying corpus linguistics in teaching arenas; Research cases
  • Part IV. Resources: Key sources.