Viana, Vander, author.
Corpus linguistics for English for academic purposes / Vander Viana and Aisling O'Boyle. - London : Routledge, c2022. - xiv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : EAP in its contexts
Chapter 3 : CL for the EAP community
Chapter 4 : EAP and CL (non-) interfaces
Chapter 5 : Specialized corpus compilation for EAP
Chapter 6 : Corpus analysis for EAP
Chapter 7 : Corpus research on spoken academic discourse
Chapter 8 : Corpus research on written academic discourse
Chapter 9 : Corpus research on computer-mediated academic discourse
Chapter 10 : Conclusion
This book shows how corpus analyses can enhance students’, practitioners’ and researchers’ knowledge of academic language. The book provides a reader-friendly discussion of the key concepts, practices and research applications of corpus linguistics which are relevant to the EAP community.
The volume:
• empowers readers to compile and analyze EAP-relevant corpora to support their practice;
• draws on open-access resources, allowing readers in all contexts to engage in corpus analyses;
• examines how corpus studies have advanced the description of spoken, written and computer-mediated academic discourses;
• contains numerous reflective and hands-on tasks.
Corpus Linguistics for English for Academic Purposes is an essential book for EAP students, practitioners and researchers who wish to develop corpus analytical skills to support their learning, teaching and research practice. It is equally important to novice corpus linguists who wish to find out how they can contribute to the ever-expanding area of EAP.
Source: Publisher
In English text.
9781138742086
Corpora (Linguistics).
English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).
CIR P 128.C68 / V53 2022
Corpus linguistics for English for academic purposes / Vander Viana and Aisling O'Boyle. - London : Routledge, c2022. - xiv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : EAP in its contexts
Chapter 3 : CL for the EAP community
Chapter 4 : EAP and CL (non-) interfaces
Chapter 5 : Specialized corpus compilation for EAP
Chapter 6 : Corpus analysis for EAP
Chapter 7 : Corpus research on spoken academic discourse
Chapter 8 : Corpus research on written academic discourse
Chapter 9 : Corpus research on computer-mediated academic discourse
Chapter 10 : Conclusion
This book shows how corpus analyses can enhance students’, practitioners’ and researchers’ knowledge of academic language. The book provides a reader-friendly discussion of the key concepts, practices and research applications of corpus linguistics which are relevant to the EAP community.
The volume:
• empowers readers to compile and analyze EAP-relevant corpora to support their practice;
• draws on open-access resources, allowing readers in all contexts to engage in corpus analyses;
• examines how corpus studies have advanced the description of spoken, written and computer-mediated academic discourses;
• contains numerous reflective and hands-on tasks.
Corpus Linguistics for English for Academic Purposes is an essential book for EAP students, practitioners and researchers who wish to develop corpus analytical skills to support their learning, teaching and research practice. It is equally important to novice corpus linguists who wish to find out how they can contribute to the ever-expanding area of EAP.
Source: Publisher
In English text.
9781138742086
Corpora (Linguistics).
English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).
CIR P 128.C68 / V53 2022