Corpus linguistics /
Tony McEnery and Andrew Wilson.
- 1ST
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1996.
- 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edinburgh textbooks in empirical linguistics .
- Edinburgh textbooks in empirical linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.
1. Early Corpus Linguistics and the Chomskyan Revolution -- 2. What is a Corpus and What is in It? -- 3. Quantitative Data -- 4. The Use of Corpora in Language Studies -- 5. Corpora and Computational Linguistics -- 6. A Case Study: Sublanguages -- 7. Where to Now? -- Appendix A. Corpora Mentioned in the Text -- Appendix B. Some Software for Corpus Research -- Appendix C. Suggested Solutions to Exercises.