Corpus Linguistics for Grammar · A Guide for Research by Jones, Christian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction PART 1 Defining grammar and using corpora

1 What is a corpus? What can a corpus tell us?

1.1 Introduction 1.2 What is a corpus? 1.3 Different types of corpora and good corpus design 1.4 What a corpus can tell us 1.5 The use of corpus linguistics in language description: dictionaries 1.6 The use of corpus linguistics in language description: grammars 1.7 What a corpus cannot tell us 1.8 Conclusion Further practice

2 Definitions of a descriptive grammar

2.1 Introduction 2.2 Views on grammar 2.3 What is grammar? 2.4 What can a corpus tell us about grammar? 2.5 Conclusion Further practice

3 What corpora can we access and what tools can we use to analyse them?

3.1 Introduction 3.2 Open-access corpora 3.3 Conducting a basic search 3.4 Analysing open-access corpora 3.5 Using open-access corpus analysis software 3.6 Conclusion Further practice

PART 2 Corpus linguistics for grammar: areas of investigation

4 Frequency

4.1 Introduction 4.2 What does frequency look like in corpus data/ how do you find it? 4.3 What can frequency tell us about language use? 4.4 Language use in specific texts 4.5 The impact of text type on frequency 4.6 Bringing the analysis together 4.7 Limitations of frequency Further practice

5 Chunks and colligation

5.1 Introduction 5.2 Finding chunks in corpora 5.3 Finding colligation patterns in corpora 5.4 What can chunks and colligation tell us about language use? 5.5 Bringing the analysis together 5.6 Limitations Further practice

6 Semantic prosody

6.1 Introduction 6.2 Finding semantic prosody in corpora 6.3 Finding further patterns of semantic prosody in corpora 6.4 Further applications 6.5 What can semantic prosody tell us about language use? 6.6 Bringing the analysis together 6.7 Limitations Further practice

PART 3 Applications of research

7 Applications to English language teaching

7.1 Introduction 7.2 Corpora in ELT 7.3 Other uses of corpora: first language learning 7.4 Further applications 7.5 Limitations Further practice

8 Wider applications: data-driven journalism and discourse analysis

8.1 Introduction 8.2 Beginning an investigation 8.3 Data-driven journalism and political speeches 8.4 Intercultural discourse analysis 8.5 Investigating ‘hereby’ in GloWbe 8.6 Limitations Further practice

9 Research projects

9.1 Introduction 9.2 Sample study 1: Real and unreal conditionals in a general corpus 9.3 Sample study 2: Corpus stylistics and Sherlock Holmes 9.4 Sample study 3: Colloquial language: the use of ‘bloody’ in a blog corpus 9.5 Conclusion Further practice