Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes

Maurizio Gotti is Professor of English Language and Translation, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Communication, and Director of the Research Centre for LSP Research (CERLIS) at the University of Bergamo. His main research areas are the features and origins of specialized discourse. Davide S. Giannoni, PhD, is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Bergamo. His research on academic and professional genres has appeared in several international journals. With Peter Lang he has published Mapping Academic Values in the Disciplines: A Corpus-Based Approach (2010).

• Contents: Lynne Flowerdew: Which Unit for Linguistic Analysis of ESP Corpora of Written Text? – Marina Bondi: Integrating Corpus and Genre Approaches: Phraseology and Voice across EAP Genres – Winnie Cheng: Using Concgrams to Investigate Research Article Sections – Hilary Nesi: Corpus Query Techniques for Investigating Citation in Student Assignments – Carmen Perez-Llantada: Researching Genres with Multilingual Corpora: A Conceptual Enquiry – Shelley Staples/Douglas Biber: The Expression of Stance in Nurse-Patient Interactions: An ESP Perspective – Alan Partington: The Marking of Importance in ‘Enlightentainment’ Talks – Giuliana Garzone: Investigating Blawgs through Corpus Linguistics: Issues of Generic Integrity – Begoña Crespo: Women’s Authorial Voice: Discursive Practices in Scientific Prefaces – Isabel Moskowich/Leida Maria Monaco: Abstraction as a Means of Expressing Reality: Women Writing Science in Late Modern English – Roberta Facchinetti: Newsroom Jargon at the Crossroads of Corpus Linguistics and Lexicography – Rita Salvi: Exploring Political and Banking Language for Institutional Purposes – Jane H. Johnson: Family in the UK - Risks, Threats and Dangers: A Modern Diachronic Corpus-assisted Study across Two Genres – Averil Coxhead: Corpus Linguistics and Vocabulary Teaching: Perspectives from English for Specific Purposes – Cassi L. Liardét: A ‘Speedful Development’: Academic Literacy in Chinese Learners of English as a Foreign Language – Josef Schmied: Variation in Academic Writing: Complexity, Pronouns, Modals and Linking in South African MA Theses – Turo Hiltunen/Martti Mäkinen: Formulaic Language in Economics Papers: Comparing Novice and Published Writing – Gillian Mansfield: Hands On: Developing Language Awareness through Corpus Investigation.