'This book is by far the most comprehensive introduction to corpus linguistics published to date.  It is essentially three books in one:  1)  a conceptual overview of analytical issues, techniques, and findings; 2) a collection of key articles published to date; 3) and a set of case studies that fully illustrate the most important analytical and design issues.  I will certainly be using the book as a required text in my own courses.'

- Douglas Biber, Regents' Professor of Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University