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Approaches to Corpus Linguistics

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Corpora and Language Education

Part of the book series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics ((RPAL))

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Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of the five main schools of corpus-based approaches to linguistic analysis:

  • Neo-Firthian approach

  • Probabilistic approach to grammar

  • Systemic-functional grammar approach

  • Multidimensional approach

  • Sociolinguistic approach

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Further reading

  • Biber, D. (2006) University Language. A Corpus-Based Study of Spoken and Written Registers. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. For readers wishing to have an overview of Biber’s work, this is a good starting point. The volume is highly accessible with clear examples of corpus data.

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  • Gilquin, G. (2010) Corpus, Cognition and Causative Constructions. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. This work combines corpus linguistics with cognitive linguistics to identify the syntactic, semantic, lexical and stylistic features that are distinctive for individual causative constructions.

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  • Hunston, S. (2010) Corpus Approaches to Evaluation. London: Routledge. This volume shows the importance of phraseology for the study of evaluative language.

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  • Stubbs, M. (1996) Text and Corpus Analysis. London: Blackwell. Chapter 2 provides an excellent account of British traditions in text analysis (Firth, Halliday and Sinclair).

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  • Thompson, G. and Hunston, S. (eds) (2006) System and Corpus. Exploring Connections. London: Equinox. This edited collection presents an eclectic mix of corpus-based studies in the SFG tradition.

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  1. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Lynne Flowerdew

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Flowerdew, L. (2012). Approaches to Corpus Linguistics. In: Corpora and Language Education. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230355569_3

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