Patterns and meanings : using corpora for English language research and teaching / / Alan Partington

• Autore: Partington Alan
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
• Disciplina: 420/.285
• Soggetto topico: English language - Research - Data processing; English language - Discourse analysis - Data processing; English language - Study and teaching - Data processing; Computational linguistics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Patterns and meanings; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Collocation and Phrase Patterns; 2 Collocation and Synonymy; 3 True and False Friends; 4 Connotation and Semantic Prosody; 5 Syntax; 6 Cohesion in Texts; 7Metaphor; 8 ''Unusuality ''; 9 General Conclusion; References; Index; the series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS
• Sommario/riassunto: Patterns and Meanings consists of case studies which make use of corpora and concordance technology. Each case study elaborates a problem area, makes reference to both the descriptive and applied literature thus far, and then suggests ways of exploiting corpus data to shed light on the problem. Language phenomena investigated include word sense, phraseology and syntax, metaphor and creative use, text reference, idiom, and translation. Emphasis is given to information that usually cannot be found in dictionaries, grammars, language textbooks or other resources, but which the study of cor
• Titolo autorizzato: Patterns and meanings
• ISBN: 1-282-16312-4; 9786612163128; 90-272-9891-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957901803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in corpus linguistics ; ; v. 2.