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Back to topUsing Corpora in Discourse Analysis (Continuum Discourse #3) (Paperback)
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Description
This book examines approaches to carrying out discourse analysis (DA) using techniques that are grounded in corpus linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge of corpora, the book examines and evaluates a variety of corpus-based methodologies including:
* collocations,* keyness
* concordances
* dispersion plots
* building and annotating corpora Illustrated with a number of real-life examples of corpus-based DA from a range of sources and covering a variety of subjects, this is an informative introduction to using corpus linguistics as a methodology in discourse analysis.
About the Author
Paul Baker is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Modern English language at Lancaster University, UK.