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Practical Corpus Linguistics: An Introduction to Corpus-Based Language Analysis - Hardcover

Weisser, Martin

 
9781118831878: Practical Corpus Linguistics: An Introduction to Corpus-Based Language Analysis
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 111883187X ISBN 13: 9781118831878
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

This is the first book of its kind to provide a practical and student-friendly guide to corpus linguistics that explains the nature of electronic data and how it can be collected and analyzed.
* Designed to equip readers with the technical skills necessary to analyze and interpret language data, both written and (orthographically) transcribed
* Introduces a number of easy-to-use, yet powerful, free analysis resources consisting of standalone programs and web interfaces for use with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
* Each section includes practical exercises, a list of sources and further reading, and illustrated step-by-step introductions to analysis tools
* Requires only a basic knowledge of computer concepts in order to develop the specific linguistic analysis skills required for understanding/analyzing corpus data

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Martin Weisser is a Professor in the National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China . He is the author of Essential Programming for Linguistics (2009), and has published numerous articles and book chapters, including contributions to The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Wiley, 2012) and Corpus Pragmatics: A Handbook (2014).

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Designed to help readers analyze and interpret language data, both written and (orthographically) transcribed, Practical Corpus Linguistics offers a step-by-step guide to this burgeoning field of linguistics research. In this accessible introduction, Martin Weisser not only explains the nature of electronic data, illustrating how it can be collected and prepared for analysis purposes, but also demonstrates ways of comparing the results of readers’ own smaller-scale analyses to facts obtained from general reference corpora. Each section includes practical exercises, a list of sources and further reading, and illustrated step-by-step introductions to analysis tools.

Seamlessly balancing computer science with linguistic theory, Practical Corpus Linguistics is essential reading for anyone interested in developing the specific linguistic analysis skills required for analyzing corpus data.

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Designed to help readers analyze and interpret language data, both written and (orthographically) transcribed, Practical Corpus Linguistics offers a step-by-step guide to this burgeoning field of linguistics research. In this accessible introduction, Martin Weisser not only explains the nature of electronic data, illustrating how it can be collected and prepared for analysis purposes, but also demonstrates ways of comparing the results of readers' own smaller-scale analyses to facts obtained from general reference corpora. Each section includes practical exercises, a list of sources and further reading, and illustrated step-by-step introductions to analysis tools. Seamlessly balancing computer science with linguistic theory, Practical Corpus Linguistics is essential reading for anyone interested in developing the specific linguistic analysis skills required for analyzing corpus data.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
111883187X
ISBN 13 
9781118831878
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
312
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