Editor: Ulla Connor, Indiana University
Editor: Thomas A. Upton
Hardback: ISBN: 9042019220 Pages: 279 Price: Europe EURO 65.-
Abstract:
This book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the
application of corpus linguistic techniques to language study and
instruction. This volume includes selected papers from the Fourth North
American Symposium, held in Indianapolis and hosted by the Indiana Center
for Intercultural Communication at Indiana University Purdue University in
Indianapolis (IUPUI) in November, 2002. These papers--from authors
representing eight countries including the U.S., Belgium, China, France,
Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain--provide a wide range of
views of and approaches to corpus linguistics. Topics range from theory and
analysis to classroom application, and include the study of oral discourse
as well as the study of written discourse, including internet-based
discourse. Consequently, this volume is divided into two sections. The
first section focuses on the use of corpus linguistics in the analysis of
spoken and written discourse; the second section focuses on the direct
pedagogical application of corpus linguistics, reflecting the applied
foundation of this branch of linguistics.
Contents:
Preface
Analyzing Spoken and Written Language Corpora
Anne O'KEEFFE: 'Like the Wise Virgins and all that Jazz:' Using a Corpus to
Examine Vague Categorisation and Shared Knowledge
Martin WARREN: A Corpus-driven Analysis of the Use of Intonation to Assert
Dominance and Control
Winnie CHENG: FRIENDS, LAdies and GENtlemen: Some Preliminary Findings from
a Corpus of Spoken Public Discourses in Hong Kong
Doublas BIBER, Eniko CSOMAY, James K. JONES and Casey KECK: A Corpus
Linguistic Investigation of Vocabulary-based Discourse Units in University
Registers
JoAnne NEFF, Francisco BALLESTEROS, Emma DAFOUZ, Francisco MARTÍNEZ,
Juan-Pedro RICA, Mercedes DÍEZ and Rosa PRIETO: Formulating Writer Stance:
A Contrastive Study of EFL Learner Corpora
Suzana M. SOTILLO and Julie WANG-GEMPP: Using Corpus Linguistics to
Investigate Class, Ideology, and Discursive Practices in Online Political
Discussions: Pedagogical Applications of Corpora
Sylviane GRANGER: Computer Learner Corpus Research: Current Status and
Future Prospects
Boyd DAVIS and Lisa RUSSELL-PINSON: Concordancing and Corpora for K-12
Teachers: Project MORE
Wolfgang TEUBERT: Units of Meaning, Parallel Corpora, and their
Implications for Language Teaching
William H. FLETCHER: Making the Web More Useful as a Source for Linguistic
Corpora
Mark DAVIES: Student Use of Large Corpora to Investigate Language Change
Eileen FITZPATRICK and M.S. SEEGMILLER: The Montclair Electronic Language
Database Project
Joybrato MUKHERJEE: Bridging the Gap between Applied Corpus Linguistics and
the Reality of English Language Teaching in Germany
John OSBORNE: Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Corpora in Language Teaching
Pieter de HAAN and Kees van ESCH: Towards an Instrument for the Assessment
of the Development of Writing Skills
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Text/Corpus Linguistics
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