1st Edition

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis A Practical Guide for Language and Literary Studies

By Svenja Adolphs Copyright 2006
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis is a practical and much needed introduction to corpora – bodies of linguistic data. Written specifically for students studying this topic for the first time, the book begins with a discussion of the underlying principles of electronic text analysis. It then examines how these corpora enhance our understanding of literary and non-literary works.... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Electronic Text Resources  3. Exploring Frequencies in Texts: Basic Techniques  4. Exploring Words and Phrases in Use: Basic Techniques  5. The Electronic Analysis of Literary Texts  6. Electronic Text Analysis, Language and Ideology  7. Language Teaching Applications  8. Further Fields of Application

Biography

Svenja Adolphs