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Linguistically annotated corpora are becoming a central part of the corpus linguistics field. One of their main strengths is the level of searchability they offer, but with the annotation come problems of the initial complexity of queries and query tools. This book gives a full, pedagogic account of this burgeoning field.Beginning with an overview of corpus linguistics, its prerequisites and goals, the book then introduces linguistically annotated corpora. It explores the different levels of linguistic annotation, including morphological, parts of speech, syntactic, semantic and discourse-level, as well as advantages and challenges for such annotations. It covers the main annotated corpora for English, the Penn Treebank, the International Corpus of English, and OntoNotes, as well as a wide range of corpora for other languages. In its third part, search strategies required for different types of data are explored. All chapters are accompanied by exercises and by sections on further reading.

Linguistically annotated corpora are becoming a central part of the corpus linguistics field. One of their main strengths is the level of searchability they offer, but with the annotation come problems of the initial complexity of queries and query tools. This book gives a full, pedagogic account of this burgeoning field.Beginning with an overview of corpus linguistics, its prerequisites and goals, the book then introduces linguistically annotated corpora. It explores the different levels of linguistic annotation, including morphological, parts of speech, syntactic, semantic and discourse-level, as well as advantages and challenges for such annotations. It covers the main annotated corpora for English, the Penn Treebank, the International Corpus of English, and OntoNotes, as well as a wide range of corpora for other languages. In its third part, search strategies required for different types of data are explored. All chapters are accompanied by exercises and by sections on further reading.

Linguistically annotated corpora are becoming a central part of the corpus linguistics field. One of their main strengths is the level of searchability they offer, but with the annotation come problems of the initial complexity of queries and query tools. This book gives a full, pedagogic account of this burgeoning field.Beginning with an overview of corpus linguistics, its prerequisites and goals, the book then introduces linguistically annotated corpora. It explores the different levels of linguistic annotation, including morphological, parts of speech, syntactic, semantic and discourse-level, as well as advantages and challenges for such annotations. It covers the main annotated corpora for English, the Penn Treebank, the International Corpus of English, and OntoNotes, as well as a wide range of corpora for other languages. In its third part, search strategies required for different types of data are explored. All chapters are accompanied by exercises and by sections on further reading.

Linguistically annotated corpora are becoming a central part of the corpus linguistics field. One of their main strengths is the level of searchability they offer, but with the annotation come problems of the initial complexity of queries and query tools. This book gives a full, pedagogic account of this burgeoning field.Beginning with an overview of corpus linguistics, its prerequisites and goals, the book then introduces linguistically annotated corpora. It explores the different levels of linguistic annotation, including morphological, parts of speech, syntactic, semantic and discourse-level, as well as advantages and challenges for such annotations. It covers the main annotated corpora for English, the Penn Treebank, the International Corpus of English, and OntoNotes, as well as a wide range of corpora for other languages. In its third part, search strategies required for different types of data are explored. All chapters are accompanied by exercises and by sections on further reading.

Case is one of the central concepts in modern generative syntax, doing the work of linking arguments to predicates, moving nominal expressions, and in some languages connecting the referential properties of nominal expressions. Different languages, however, make use of overt case distinctions to very different degrees, leaving the principles of case with many open questions. This volume offers analyses of case phenomena in a broad range of languages and frameworks, including some novel approaches to case that will invite much discussion.

Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen Überblick über die germanistische Korpuslinguistik. Die linguistische Arbeit mit digitalen Textsammlungen hat sich in den letzten Jahren von einer Methode zu einer eigenen Disziplin der Linguistik entwickelt. Im Zentrum des Buches stehen methodische Fragen, die Darstellung deutschsprachiger Korpora und die Diskussion von jüngeren Arbeiten mit korpuslinguistischem Bezug. Die Autoren wenden sich dabei insbesondere an Lehrende und Studierende der Germanistik, die Korpora in ihre eigenen Forschungsarbeiten einbeziehen möchten, und an theoretische Linguisten, die ihre Theorien an authentischen Sprachdaten überprüfen wollen.Pressestimmen:"Während Einführungstexte zu Recht neutral in neue Themengebiete einführen müssen, wird hier zusätzlich die Möglichkeit genutzt, die Korpuslinguistik als ein spannendes und lebendiges Gebiet innerhalb der Sprachwissenschaft zu zeigen." (Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 26,2 (2007)"allen Interessierten, seien es Studierende oder Linguisten, zu empfehlen." (Info DAF Nr. 2/3, April/Juni 2008)

Die Korpuslinguistik analysiert Sammlungen authentischer gesprochener und geschriebener Sprache, sog. Korpora, auf überwiegend quantitative Weise. In diesem Band wird anhand konkreter Beispiele gezeigt, welche Korpora des Deutschen es gibt, wie man sie durchsuchen kann und wie man bei Bedarf ein eigenes erstellt. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf linguistischen Annotationen, die die Texte beispielsweise um Informationen zu Wortarten, Syntax oder Diskursphänomenen ergänzen und dadurch die Bearbeitung weiterer linguistischer Fragestellungen ermöglichen. Diese Einführung stellt Abfrage und Auswertung vorhandener Annotationen sowie manuelle und automatische Möglichkeiten für eine eigene Annotation Schritt für Schritt vor. Ein abschließendes Kapitel ist der Frage gewidmet, wie man korpuslinguistische Ergebnisse z. B. in einer germanistischen Hausarbeit präsentiert. Das Buch richtet sich primär an Studierende der (germanistischen) Sprachwissenschaft einschließlich Lehramt und bietet einen ersten, praktischen Zugang zur Korpuslinguistik.