Corpus Linguistics for Grammar

Christian Jones is Senior Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Central Lancashire. He has over twenty years of experience in English language teaching and has worked in the Japan, the UK and Thailand, as well as delivering courses in China.Daniel Waller is Senior Lecturer in ELT, Testing and TESOL at the University of Central Lancashire. He has over twenty years of experience in English language teaching and has worked in the UK and Turkey as well as delivering courses in China and Hong Kong.

"Christian Jones and Daniel Waller are to be commended for creating an accessible, informative, and authoritative introduction to corpus linguistics. This comprehensive and up-to-date book should be required reading for both advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in language teaching, Applied Linguistics and TESOL education programs."Todd Hernández, Marquette University, USA"This valuable ‘how-to’ guide for carrying out grammar research is very accessible and contains lots of self-study exercises for the reader to try out."Colin Thompson, Seinan Gakuin University, Japan"Corpus Linguistics for Grammar provides a strong and clear argument in favour of using corpus analysis to improve knowledge and understanding of grammar and also offers many useful examples of research projects in this increasingly important area of study for students and teachers of language."John Cross, University of Electro-Communications and Tokai University, Japan, in JALT Journal

• IntroductionPart 1. Defining Grammar and Using CorporaChapter 1. What is a corpus? What can a corpus tell us?Chapter 2. Definitions of a Descriptive GrammarChapter 3. What corpora can we access and what tools can we use to analyse them?Part 2. Corpus Linguistics for Grammar: Areas of InvestigationChapter 4. FrequencyChapter 5. Chunks and ColligationChapter 6. Semantic ProsodyPart 3. Applications of ResearchChapter 7. Applications to English Language TeachingChapter 8. Wider Applications: Data-Driven Journalism and Discourse AnalysisChapter 9. Research ProjectsSuggested AnswersGlossaryIndex