Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics (Studies in Corpus Linguistics)

Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Dedication page......Page 6
Table of contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 18
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 19
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 20
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 22
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 23
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 24
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 25
8. What are the advantages and the challenges of setting up learner corpora? And how have they impacted research in Applied Linguistics?......Page 27
9. In what way(s) can corpus work help student autonomy?......Page 29
10. What are the challenges and potentials of encoding corpora?......Page 31
References......Page 32
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 34
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 35
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 36
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 37
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 38
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 39
8. How may Corpus Linguistics be combined with critical discourse analysis?......Page 40
9. In what ways have corpus analyses increased the understanding of gender issues?......Page 42
References......Page 43
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 46
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 47
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 48
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 49
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 50
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 51
8. What are the limits and possibilities of carrying out corpora studies in developing countries?......Page 53
9. How feasible is it to map metaphors by means of corpus techniques?......Page 56
10. In what ways can corpora be exploited in order to design and evaluate language teaching materials for students of English or Spanish as a foreign language (EFL/SFL)?......Page 58
References......Page 61
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 64
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 66
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 67
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 68
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 69
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 71
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 72
8. How can corpus analysis inform our understanding of registers?......Page 73
9. In what way(s) may corpus findings inform the professional practice?......Page 75
10. When and how should teachers (or teachers-to-be) be introduced to corpus techniques?......Page 76
References......Page 77
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 80
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 82
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 83
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 85
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 87
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 88
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 90
8. How far should tools and corpora become public domain?......Page 92
9. How much technology should an analyst master? What are the minimum requirements to develop corpus work?......Page 94
10. In what ways have corpus studies impacted historical linguistics?......Page 95
References......Page 97
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 98
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 99
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 101
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 103
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 104
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 106
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 107
8. What is the role of programming knowledge in undertaking corpus work?......Page 109
9. What are the issues involved in comparing corpora?......Page 111
10. How much statistics does a corpus analyst need to master?......Page 113
References......Page 114
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 116
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 118
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 120
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 122
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 123
8. What have corpus studies revealed about academic literacy at the university?......Page 124
9. In what way(s) may Corpus Linguistics account for the social construction of knowledge?......Page 126
10. How may the corpus approach enhance our understanding of interpersonal features in writing?......Page 128
References......Page 129
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 132
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 133
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 134
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 136
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 137
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 138
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 139
8. How would you describe the changes which have taken place in the field of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 141
9. How can corpora enlighten cross-linguistic studies?......Page 142
10. What are the advantages and disadvantages of compiling and using parallel and/or comparable corpora?......Page 143
References......Page 145
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 148
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 151
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 152
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 154
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 156
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 157
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 159
8. In what ways can Corpus Linguistics help translation studies?......Page 160
9. What advantages do corpora provide when compared to traditional resources used by translators?......Page 162
10. What are the criteria for selecting a suitable corpus for a translation task?......Page 164
References......Page 166
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 172
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 174
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 175
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 177
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 178
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 179
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 181
9. How can style be accounted for (semi-)automatically by means of corpus investigation?......Page 183
10. What are the advantages and shortcomings of annotating a corpus from a linguistic perspective?......Page 184
References......Page 186
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in this area?......Page 188
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate CL in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 191
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 194
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 195
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 197
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 200
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 202
8. In what ways has Corpus Linguistics challenged traditional literary concepts?......Page 203
9. In what ways should corpus analysis be integrated into the literature curriculum?......Page 205
10. How can a corpus-based analysis of literature be combined with its social functions?......Page 207
References......Page 210
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 214
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 217
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 218
6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of corpus analysis?......Page 220
8. What issues does one have to face when developing treebanks?......Page 221
9. In what way(s) can Corpus Linguistics enhance our understanding of syntax? And how is it reflected in grammar books?......Page 223
10. What do corpus-based studies tell us about the development of language complexity? And how have/should they impact language teaching?......Page 226
References......Page 228
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 230
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 231
3. How representative can a corpus be?......Page 232
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 233
8. How can an analyst cope with the speed of technological development?......Page 234
10. How may Corpus Linguistics help ESP research and teaching?......Page 235
Reference......Page 236
1. Where do you place the roots of Corpus Linguistics? And to what do you attribute the growth of interest in the area?......Page 238
2. Is Corpus Linguistics a science or a methodology? Where would you situate Corpus Linguistics in the scientific or methodological panorama?......Page 239
4. How far should an analyst rely on intuition?......Page 240
5. What kind of questions should an analyst think of?......Page 241
7. What is the future of Corpus Linguistics?......Page 242
9. How has corpus-based research contributed to the area of academic literacy and how have these results found their way into pedagogy?......Page 243
References......Page 244
2. Science......Page 246
3. Research......Page 249
4. Education......Page 252
5. Market......Page 256
6. Community......Page 258
7. Final words......Page 259
References......Page 260
About the interviewees......Page 264
Index......Page 270