Corpus Linguistics for English for Academic Purposes

This book shows how corpus analyses can enhance students’, practitioners’ and researchers’ knowledge of academic language. The book provides a reader-friendly discussion of the key concepts, practices and research applications of corpus linguistics which are relevant to the EAP community. The volume...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Viana, Vander, O'Boyle, Aisling
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 2022
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesRoutledge Corpus Linguistics Guides
Subjects
Online AccessGet full text
ISBN9781138741317
1138741310
9781138742086
1138742082
DOI10.4324/9781003245988

Cover

Table of Contents:
  • 5.8.3 What Is Particular About Corpora of CMAD? -- 5.9 What Else Should You Consider Before Project Completion? -- References -- Answer Key -- Check Your Understanding 5A -- Check Your Understanding 5B -- Check Your Understanding 5C -- Check Your Understanding 5E -- 6 Corpus Analysis for EAP -- 6.1 What Do You Need to Do Before the Analysis? -- 6.2 What Information Do Wordlists Provide? -- 6.3 What Information Do Lists of Word Sequences Provide? -- 6.4 What Information Do Concordance Lines Provide? -- 6.5 What Information Do Keywords Provide? -- 6.6 What Information Do Collocations Provide? -- Note -- References -- Answer Key -- Check Your Understanding 6A -- Check Your Understanding 6B -- Check Your Understanding 6D -- Check Your Understanding 6E -- Check Your Understanding 6F -- 7 Corpus Research On Spoken Academic Discourse -- 7.1 What Is Spoken Academic Discourse (Or How Is It Different From Written Academic Discourse)? -- 7.2 Whose Turn Is It Anyway? -- 7.3 I'm Listening - Can't You Tell? -- 7.4 Can I Ask? -- 7.5 Does Formulaic Language Contribute to Spoken Academic Fluency? 'Oh, I Don't Know' -- 7.6 Can You Present Your Thesis in Three Minutes? -- References -- Answer Key -- Check Your Understanding 7A -- Check Your Understanding 7B -- Check Your Understanding 7C -- Check Your Understanding 7E -- Check Your Understanding 7F -- 8 Corpus Research On Written Academic Discourse -- 8.1 What Do Outward and Inward Examinations of Written Academic Discourse Reveal? -- 8.2 To Cite Or Not to Cite? The Actual Question Is How… -- 8.3 Is It the Case Or Does It Seem So? -- 8.4 What Lexical Maps Can CL Offer EAP? -- 8.5 In Which Discipline Would These Bundles Be Found? -- Note -- References -- Answer Key -- Check Your Understanding 8B -- Check Your Understanding 8C -- Check Your Understanding 8D -- Check Your Understanding 8E
  • 9 Corpus Research On Computer-Mediated Academic Discourse -- 9.1 CMD Vs. CMAD: What Difference Does 'A' Letter Make? -- 9.2 Blogging for Academic Purposes: What Is the Point? -- 9.3 How Do I E-M@il U? -- 9.4 How Do I Participate in Discussions Forums? .. . -- Note -- References -- Answer Key -- Check Your Understanding 9A -- Check Your Understanding 9B -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix 3.1 - Chart Search for the Part of Speech Preposition in the BNC -- Appendix 3.2 - List Search for Prepositions in the Academic Component of the British National Corpus -- Appendix 3.3 - List Search for Noun + 'Of' + Noun Sequences in the Disciplinary Groups Represented in the BNC -- Appendix 3.4 - List Search for 'This' Followed By a Noun in the Academic Component of COCA -- Appendix 3.5 - Chart Search for 'This' Followed By a Specific Noun in the Academic Component of COCA -- Appendix 5.1 - Spoken Data Transcription in Word 365 Online -- Appendix 5.2 - PDF File Conversion With AntFileConverter -- Appendix 5.3 - Concordance Line Results With POS Tags in Sketch Engine -- Appendix 6.1 - Wordlist Generation in Sketch Engine -- Appendix 6.2 - Chart Search for Word Sequence in the British National Corpus (Or the Corpus of Contemporary American English) -- Appendix 7.1 - Interactivity Rating in MICASE -- Appendix 8.1 - Word Sketch in a Specific Genre Family in Sketch Engine -- Appendix 8.2 - Word Frequency Distribution Per Text Type in Sketch Engine -- Index
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Appendices -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What Is EAP? -- 1.2 Why Have We Written this Book? -- 1.3 How Is this Book Structured? -- References -- 2 EAP in Its Contexts -- 2.1 How Do English and Changing Academic Landscapes Shape Each Other? -- 2.2 What Is Academic Discourse? -- 2.3 How Do Academic Disciplines Relate to English Language Use? -- References -- Answer Key -- Check Your Understanding 2A -- Check Your Understanding 2B -- 3 CL for the EAP Community -- 3.1 What Is a Corpus? -- 3.2 What Is the Difference Between General and Specialized Corpora? -- 3.3 How Else Can Corpora Be Categorized? -- 3.4 What Specialized Academic English Corpora Are Freely Available? -- 3.5 What Are the Principles of Corpus Analysis? -- Note -- References -- Answer Key -- Check Your Understanding 3C -- Check Your Understanding 3D -- 4 EAP and CL (non-)interfaces -- 4.1 What Can a Corpus Perspective Bring to EAP? -- 4.2 What EAP Questions Cannot Be Answered By Corpus Analyses? -- 4.3 What EAP Questions Can Be Answered By Corpus Analyses? -- References -- 5 Specialized Corpus Compilation for EAP -- 5.1 Why Would You Compile a Corpus? -- 5.2 How Specialized Can Your Corpus Be? -- 5.3 What Criteria Can Inform Your Corpus Compilation Plan? -- 5.4 What Should You Consider in Relation to Sampling, Balance and Size? -- 5.5 What Ethical Matters Are Involved in Corpus Compilation? -- 5.6 What Relevant Decisions Should You Make Before Collecting Data? -- 5.7 What Practical Aspects Can Impact Your Data Collection Plan? -- 5.8 What Tasks Do You Need to Undertake When Building Your Corpus? -- 5.8.1 What Is Particular About Corpora of Spoken Academic Discourse? -- 5.8.2 What Is Particular About Corpora of Written Academic Discourse?