Corpus Linguistics for Education : A Guide for Research (Hardcover)

List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1. Introduction. Corpus linguistics and education research What is corpus linguistics? The role of corpus linguistics research methods in education research Understanding the role of frequency 1.3.1 Frequency in L1 learning and use 1.3.2 Frequency in public discourse 1.3.3 Frequency in texts or groups of texts 1.3.4 Skill 1: Why frequency matters 1.3.5 Skill box 1: Why frequency matters 1.3.6 How to interpret frequency 1.3.7 Skill box 2: How to interpret frequency References Chapter 2: Analysing text 2.1 Different approaches to text analysis 2.2 Text as register 2.2.1 Corpus linguistics and the analysis of register References Chapter 3: Corpus linguistics approaches to understanding language use 3.1 Understanding and researching language use: discovering patterns 3.1.1 Corpus linguistics outside linguistics? 3.1.2 Case study 1. Examining interviews: Qualitative versus CL methods 3.1.3 Case study 2. Examining policies: combining content analysis and corpus methods 3.1.4 Using an existing corpus 3.1.5 Skill box 5: Using an existing corpus 3.2 Reading concordance lines 3.2.1 How to read concordance lines? 3.2.2 Skill box 6: Reading concordance lines 3.3 Handling Frequencies 3.3.1 Corpus size and relative frequencies 3.3.2 Skill box 7: Handling frequencies 3.4 Collocations 3.4.1 Skill box 8: Understanding collocations References Chapter 4: Researching education policies: using your own corpus 4.1 Using your own corpus. Basic corpus design features 4.1.1 Designing corpora 4.1.1.1 Corpus size and data collection 4.1.2 Skill box 9: Basic corpus design features 4.2 Comparison basics and significance testing 4.2.1 Comparison basics and Part of Speech (POS) Tagging 4.2.2 Skill box 10: Comparing two corpora 4.2.3 Skill box 11: Statistical tests 4.3 Reviewing skills 1-11 4.3.1 Chapter 1 4.3.2 Chapter 2 4.3.3 Chapter 3 4.3.4 Chapter 4 References Chapter 5: Interview data: transcription and annotation 5.1 Transcription: So much more than a monotonous task 5.2 Transcription basics 5.2.1 Skill box 12: Transcribing your data 5.3 Adding structure and meta data to a corpus 5.3.1 Annotating a corpus using our own tags 5.3.2 Annotating a corpus using standard XML guidelines 5.3.3 Skill box 13: Using your own taxonomy References Chapter 6: Examining lexis. Analysing peace treaties and children´s literature 6.1 Examining lexis 6.2 Researching the lexicon: keywords 6.2.1 Introducing keyword analysis 6.2.2 Keyword analysis: a step-by-step guide 6.2.3 Skill box 14: Understanding keywords 6.3 Researching nouns and noun phrases 6.3.1 Exploring individual nouns 6.3.2 Exploring multiword units 6.3.3 Skill box 15: Researching nouns and noun phrases 6.4 Analysing children´s literature: the lexicon of fiction 6.4.1 Skill box 16: Looking at the lexicon of a corpus: N-Grams References Chapter 7: Analysing talk: Complex searches 7.1 Examining talk: a linguistic perspective 7.2 Complex searches 7.2.1 Living in a city 7.2.2 Understanding cultural differences 7.2.3 How is their family life impacted by work? 7.2.4 Skill box 17: Complex searches 7.3 Putting all together: Reviewing Skills 12-17 7.3.1 Chapter 5 7.3.2 Chapter 6 7.3.3 Chapter 7 References Chapter 8: Conclusion 8.1 Skill 18: Remaining critical References