1st Edition

Triangulating Methodological Approaches in Corpus Linguistic Research

Edited By Paul Baker, Jesse Egbert Copyright 2016
216 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

Contemporary corpus linguists use a wide variety of methods to study discourse patterns. This volume provides a systematic comparison of various methodological approaches in corpus linguistics through a series of parallel empirical studies that use a single corpus dataset to answer the same overarching research question. Ten contributing experts each use a different method to address the same... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction Paul Baker and Jesse Egbert. Chapter 2 Keywords Rony McEnery.  Chapter 3 Lexical Bundles Bethany Gray. Chapter 4 Semantic Annotation Amanda Potts. Chapter 5 Multi-Dimensional Analysis Eric Friginal and Doug Biber. Chapter 6 Collocation Networks Vaclav Brezina. Chapter 7 Variationist Analysis Stefan Th. Gries. Chapter 8 Pragmatics Jonathan Culpeper and Claire Hardaker. Chapter 9 Gendered Discourses Paul Baker. Chapter 10 Qualitative Analysis of Stance Erez Levon. Chapter 11 Stylistic Perception Jesse Egbert. Chapter 12 Research Synthesis Jesse Egbert and Paul Baker.

Biography

Paul Baker is Professor of English Language at Lancaster University. His research involves applications of corpus linguistics and his recent books include Using Corpora to Analyze Gender (2014), Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes (2013) and Sociolinguistics and Corpus Linguistics (2010). He is the commissioning editor of the journal Corpora.

Jesse Egbert is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Brigham Young University. His research focuses on register variation and methodological issues in corpus linguistics. His research has been published in journals such as Corpora, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and Journal of English Linguistics.