Small Corpus Studies and Elt: Theory and Practice (Studies in Corpus Linguistics)

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Author(s): Mohsen Ghadessy, Alex Henry, Robert L. Roseberry
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 419

Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 18
SECTION 1......Page 26
CHAPTER 1: Large Corpora, Small Corpora, and the Learning of “Language”......Page 28
SECTION 2......Page 54
CHAPTER 2: Using small corpora to investigate learner needs......Page 56
CHAPTER 3: Comparing corpora and identifying key words, collocations, frequency distributions through the WordSmith Tools suite of computer programs
......Page 72
SECTION 3......Page 94
CHAPTER 4: Concordancing as a tool in course design......Page 96
CHAPTER 5: Using a small corpus to obtain data for teaching a genre......Page 118
CHAPTER 6: Small corpora and language variation......Page 160
CHAPTER 7: Investigating and Teaching Genres Using the World Wide Web......Page 200
SECTION 4......Page 230
CHAPTER 8: Classroom Use of a Systemic Functional Small Learner Corpus......Page 232
CHAPTER 9: Specialised Corpus, Local and Functional Grammars......Page 262
SECTION 5......Page 302
CHAPTER 10: Collecting, aligning and analysing parallel corpora......Page 304
CHAPTER 11: Corpus, comparison, culture......Page 336
CHAPTER 12: Small corpora and translation......Page 360
SECTION 6......Page 386
CHAPTER 13: The Exploitation of Small Learner Corpora in EAP Materials Design......Page 388
CHAPTER 14: Small corpora and teaching writing......Page 406
Name index......Page 434
Subject index......Page 440
The series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS......Page 445