Corpus linguistics : investigating language structure and use

Preface 1. Introduction: goals and methods of the corpus-based approach Part I. Investigating the Use of Language Features: 2. Lexicography 3. Grammar 4. Lexico-grammar 5. The study of discourse characteristics Part II. Investigating the Characteristics of Varieties: 6. Register variation and English for specific purposes 7. Language acquisition and development 8. Historical and stylistic investigations Part III. Summing Up and Looking Ahead: 9. Conclusion Part IV. Methodology Boxes: 10. Issues in corpus design 11. Issues in diachronic corpus design 12. Concordancing packages versus programming for corpus analysis 13. Characteristics of tagged corpora 14. The process of tagging 15. Norming frequency counts 16.…