Exploring Corpus Linguistics

Winnie Cheng is  Professor of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her publications include Intercultural Conversation (2003), A corpus-driven analysis of discourse intonation (2008), Professional communication: Collaboration between academics and practitioners (2009), and Language for professional communication: Research, practice & training (2009).

‘Exploring Corpus Linguistics is a useful practical introduction to central corpus linguistics concepts and applications, packed with summaries of intriguing case studies. I recommend the book to students of Applied Linguistics who, no doubt, will appreciate its hands-on style, numerous examples, and ideas for things to explore about language in use in a range of different contexts.’Ute Römer, Georgia State University, USA‘This volume provides an up-to-date introduction to aspects of corpus linguistics which are important to both learners and teachers of English. It demonstrates how corpus-linguistic methods can be fruitfully used to address problems and issues in the major fields of linguistics and applied linguistics.’ Karin Aijmer, University of Gothenburg, Sweden‘Exploring Corpus Linguistics is a new introduction to corpus linguistics. It provides a clear, systematic approach, breaking fresh ground through the use of guided, practical ‘tasks’ which will make the book of particular interest for teachers and students alike.’Graeme Kennedy, Emeritus Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

• Section A Problems and Practices. 1. Introduction. 2. Linguistic Inquiries. 3. Situated Linguistic Inquiries. Section B Interventions. 4. Introduction to Corpus Linguistics. 5. Corpus Search and Analysis Methods. 6. Data-driven and Corpus-driven Language Learning. 7. Extended Units of Meaning. Section C Theory. 8. Corpus-based Understandings of Language and Text. 9. Corpus Approaches to Language and Text. 10. Summary and Conclusions.