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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Pascual Pérez-ParedesPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.285kg ISBN: 9780367198435ISBN 10: 0367198436 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 31 July 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: corpus linguistics and education research 1.1 What is corpus linguistics? 1.2 The role of corpus linguistics research methods in education research 1.3 Understanding the role of frequency 1.3.1 Frequency in L1 learning and use 1.3.2 Frequency in public discourse 1.3.3 Frequency in texts or groups of texts 1.3.4 Skill 1: Why frequency matters 1.3.5 How to interpret frequency References Chapter 2: Analysing text 2.1 Different approaches to text analysis 2.2 Text as register 2.2.1 Corpus linguistics and the analysis of register References Chapter 3: Corpus linguistics approaches to understanding language use 3.1 Understanding and researching language use: discovering patterns 3.1.1 Corpus linguistics outside linguistics? 3.1.2 Case study 1. Examining interviews: qualitative versus CL methods 3.1.3 Case study 2. Examining policies: combining content analysis and corpus methods 3.1.4 Using an existing corpus 3.2 Reading concordance lines 3.2.1 How to read concordance lines? 3.3 Handling frequencies 3.3.1 Corpus size and relative frequencies 3.4 Collocations References Chapter 4: Researching education policies: using your own corpus 4.1 Basic corpus design features 4.1.1 Designing corpora 4.2 Comparison basics and significance testing 4.2.1 Comparison basics and part of speech (POS) tagging 4.3 Reviewing skills 1-11 4.3.1 Chapter 1 4.3.2 Chapter 2 4.3.3 Chapter 3 4.3.4 Chapter 4 References Chapter 5: Interview data: transcription and annotation 5.1 Transcription: so much more than a monotonous task 5.2 Transcription basics 5.3 Adding structure and metadata to a corpus 5.3.1 Annotating a corpus using our own tags 5.3.2 Annotating a corpus using standard XML guidelines References Chapter 6: Examining lexis. analysing peace treaties and children´s literature 6.1 Examining lexis 6.2 Researching the lexicon: keywords 6.2.1 Introducing keyword analysis 6.2.2 Keyword analysis: a step-by-step guide 6.3 Researching nouns and noun phrases 6.3.1 Exploring individual nouns 6.3.2 Exploring multiword units 6.4 Analysing children´s literature: the lexicon of fiction References Chapter 7: Analysing talk: complex searches 7.1 Examining talk: a linguistic perspective 7.2 Complex searches 7.2.1 Living in a city 7.2.2 Understanding cultural differences 7.2.3 How is their family life impacted by work? 7.3 Putting all together: reviewing skills 12-17 7.3.1 Chapter 5 7.3.2 Chapter 6 7.3.3 Chapter 7 References Chapter 8: Conclusion References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPascual Pérez-Paredes is Professor in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the English Department, Universidad de Murcia, Spain. At the time of writing this book he was Lecturer in Research in Second Language Education (2015–19) and Overall Coordinator of the MEd Research Methods Strand (2016–19) at the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. His main research interests are learner language variation, the use of corpora in language education and corpus-assisted discourse analysis. He has published research in journals such as Computer Assisted Language Learning , Discourse & Society, English for Specific Purposes, Journal of Pragmatics, Language, Learning & Technology, System, ReCALL and the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, and is an Assistant Editor of CUP ReCALL journal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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