Corpus Linguistics has quickly established itself as the leading
undergraduate course book in the subject. This second edition takes full
account of the latest developments in the rapidly changing field, making
this the most up-to-date and comprehensive textbook available. It gives
a step-by-step introduction to what a corpus is, how corpora are
constructed, and what can be done with them. Each chapter ends with a
section of study questions that contain practical corpus-based
exercises.* Designed for student use, with all technical terms
explained in the text and referenced further in a Glossary* Examples
are taken from existing corpora; detailed case study chapter included*
Contains end-of-chapter summaries, study questions and suggestions for
further reading* Updated reviews of new studies, areas that have
recently come to prominence and new directions in corpus encoding and
annotation standards* Detailed coverage of multilingual corpus
construction and use* An in-depth historical review of computer-based
corpora from the 1940s to the present day* Helpful appendices include
answers to the study questions, up-to-date information on where corpora
can be found, and the latest software for corpus research."[An]
important addition to the fast growing literature in corpus
linguistics... should be read by anyone interested in utilization of
large-scale corpora in linguistic research." Studies in the Linguistic
Sciences, on the first edition
