'… this book constitutes an illuminating exploration of corpus pragmatics, which encompasses an in-depth analysis of the associated challenges, methodologies and trends.' Yanfei Fang, Corpus Pragmatics

• 1. Introduction; 2. Corpora and their characteristics: challenges and opportunities for pragmatic research; 3. Corpus-driven approaches with self-compiled corpora; 4. Corpus-assisted approaches with self-compiled corpora; 5. Compatibility and comparability: combining existing corpora; 6. Scalability: meaningful pragmatics with large data; 7. Multimodality: integrating non-verbal information; 8. Open issues and outlook; Appendix A: Corpora; Appendix B: Corpus tools and additional resources References.

'… this book constitutes an illuminating exploration of corpus pragmatics, which encompasses an in-depth analysis of the associated challenges, methodologies and trends.' Yanfei Fang, Corpus Pragmatics

• 1. Introduction; 2. Corpora and their characteristics: challenges and opportunities for pragmatic research; 3. Corpus-driven approaches with self-compiled corpora; 4. Corpus-assisted approaches with self-compiled corpora; 5. Compatibility and comparability: combining existing corpora; 6. Scalability: meaningful pragmatics with large data; 7. Multimodality: integrating non-verbal information; 8. Open issues and outlook; Appendix A: Corpora; Appendix B: Corpus tools and additional resources References.

'… this book constitutes an illuminating exploration of corpus pragmatics, which encompasses an in-depth analysis of the associated challenges, methodologies and trends.' Yanfei Fang, Corpus Pragmatics

• 1. Introduction; 2. Corpora and their characteristics: challenges and opportunities for pragmatic research; 3. Corpus-driven approaches with self-compiled corpora; 4. Corpus-assisted approaches with self-compiled corpora; 5. Compatibility and comparability: combining existing corpora; 6. Scalability: meaningful pragmatics with large data; 7. Multimodality: integrating non-verbal information; 8. Open issues and outlook; Appendix A: Corpora; Appendix B: Corpus tools and additional resources References.