Doing Corpus Linguistics

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Part 1 Introduction to Doing Corpus Linguistics and Register Analysis......Page 16
1.1 Language and Rules/Systems
......Page 18
1.2 What Is Corpus Linguistics?
......Page 20
1.3 Outline of the Book
......Page 26
2 Register Analysis
......Page 28
2.1 Why Register?
......Page 29
2.2 What Is Register Analysis?
......Page 31
2.3 Describing Situational Characteristics and Identifying Variables
......Page 32
2.4 Providing a Functional Interpretation
......Page 39
2.5 Units of Analysis and Register Studies
......Page 43
2.6 End of Chapter Exercises
......Page 44
Part 2 Searches in Available Corpora......Page 48
3.1 KWIC
......Page 50
3.2 Collocates
......Page 55
3.3 N-Grams
......Page 56
3.4 POS Tags
......Page 68
4 Projects Using Publically Available Corpora
......Page 73
4.1 Word- and Phrase-Based Projects
......Page 75
4.2 Grammar-Based Projects
......Page 79
Part 3 Building Your Own Corpus, Analyzing Your Quantitative Results, and Making Sense of Data......Page 88
5.1 Do-It-Yourself Corpora
......Page 90
5.2 Deciding on a Corpus Project
......Page 91
5.3 Building a Corpus
......Page 94
5.4 Software Programs and Your Corpus......Page 100
6.2 Basic Terms, Concepts, and Assumptions
......Page 109
6.3 How to Go About Getting the Statistical Results
......Page 124
7.1 Difference Tests
......Page 132
7.2 Relationship Tests
......Page 146
7.3 How to Go About Getting the Statistical Results
......Page 155
8.1 Doing Register Analysis of Your Project
......Page 157
8.2 Situational Analysis
......Page 158
8.3 Linguistic Analysis
......Page 160
8.4 Functional Interpretation
......Page 166
8.5 Reporting on Your Project
......Page 167
9 A Way Forward......Page 171
Index......Page 176