Perspectives on corpus linguistics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Vander Viana, Sonia Zyngier, Geoff Barnbrook

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781431703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-35999-5; 9786613359995; 90-272-8393-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Studies in corpus linguistics ; ; v. 48
• Altri autori (Persone): VianaVander; ZyngierSonia; BarnbrookGeoff
• Disciplina: 410.1/88
• Soggetti: Corpora (Linguistics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; Applied Corpus Linguistics and the learning experience; 1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?; 2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?; 3. How representative can a corpus be?; 4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?; 5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?; 6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?; 8. What are the advantages and the challenges of setting up learner corpora? And how have they impacted research in Applied Linguistics?; 9. In what way(s) can corpus work help student autonomy?; 10. What are the challenges and potentials of encoding corpora?; References; Social involvement in Corpus studies; 1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?; 2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological ; panorama?3. How representative can a corpus be?; 4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?; 5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?; 6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?; 7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?; 8. How may Corpus Linguistics be combined with critical discourse analysis?; 9. In what ways have corpus analyses increased the understanding of gender issues?; 10. In which circumstances does Corpus Linguistics enhance the outcome of sociolinguistic studies?References; Corpus Linguistics in South America; 1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?; 2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?; 3. How representative can a corpus be?; 4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?; 5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?; 6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis? 7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?; 8. What are the limits and possibilities of carrying out corpora studies in developing countries?; 9. How feasible is it to map metaphors by means of corpus techniques?; 10. In what ways can corpora be exploited in order to design and evaluate language teaching materials for students of English or Spanish as a foreign language (EFL/SFL)?; References; Variation in corpora and its pedagogical implications; 1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?
• Sommario/riassunto: Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics is a collection of interviews with fourteen well-known researchers in the field of linguistics. Each interview consists of a set of ten questions: the first seven are common to all contributors while the last three are connected to the research experience of each guest. In the general questions, the invited scholars explore (sometimes controversial) topics such as the concept of representativeness, the role of intuition and the status of Corpus Linguistics. In the specific questions, they provide a thorough discussion of materials and methods in corpus