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Author:   Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) ,  Isobelle Clarke (Lancaster University) ,  Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009208956

ISBN 10:   1009208950
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Exploring Learner Discourse: Context, Data and Methods; 2. Testing Short Text Multi-Dimensional Analysis – Approaching Learner Corpus Data at the Micro-structural Level; 3. Investigating Discourse Units – Approaching Learner Corpus Data at the Macro-structural Level; 4. Exploring Discourse Units and Interaction – Context, Co-operation and Scaffolding; 5. Comparing L1 and L2 Production in the Trinity Lancaster Corpora; 6. Describing Discourse Functions in General Spoken Conversation; 7. Understanding L1 Speech, L2 Speech and Context of Production; 8. Beginning the Study of Narrative; 9. Exploring Narratives in Learner Language; 10. Summing Up and Looking Ahead; References; Appendix A: The Feature Sets and Decisions for Pooling; Appendix B: The Full Tagset.

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Tony McEnery is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University and Advisory Professor at Shanghai International Studies University. He is the author of Corpus Linguistics (with Hardie, CUP, 2011) and Fundamental Principles of Corpus Linguistics (with Brezina, CUP, 2022). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Isobelle Clarke is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow at Lancaster University. Isobelle has developed three methodologies for the analysis of short texts. Gavin Brookes is Reader and UKRI Future Leader Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. His recent books include Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication (with Collins, 2023) and Obesity in the News (with Paul Baker, 2021). He is a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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