Francisco Alonso Almeida - Böcker

This volume brings together a number of corpus-based studies dealing with language varieties. These contributions focus on contemporary lines of research interests, and include language teaching and learning, translation, domain-specific grammatical and textual phenomena, linguistic variation and gender, among others. Corpora used in these studies range from highly specialized texts, including earlier scientific texts, to regional varieties. Under the umbrella of corpus linguistics, scholars also apply other distinct methodological approaches to their data in order to offer new insights into old and new topics in linguistics and applied linguistics. Another important contribution of this book lies in the obvious didactic implications of the results obtained in the individual chapters for domain-based language teaching.

This book illustrates the complex ways language operates within specific professional and academic contexts. Through a series of meticulously conducted corpus-based studies, the volume explores the unique linguistic features and rhetorical strategies that characterize specialized discourses across various fields, including medicine, engineering, and the humanities. It examines key aspects such as metadiscourse markers, rhetorical structures of research articles, and the customization of vocabulary tools to enhance language learning and professional communication. By revealing patterns and trends that traditional methods might overlook, this collection offers valuable insights for scholars, educators, and practitioners, making it an essential resource for understanding and improving communication withinspecialized domains.