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Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics: Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus offers a model for building a corpus of oral EMI seminars. It demonstrates how incorporating metaphor to the process of corpus building affords a more comprehensive description of the role of metaphor in discourse. EMI is the specific context outlined in this volume and as such it will be of particular interest to researchers in this area though the design and model can be easily generalised and applied to other corpora focusing on metaphor. Alejo-González argues for the need to build such a corpus given the scarcity of corpora being tagged for metaphor as well as the shortage of those dealing with the EMI phenomenon. This book will be of practical use and interest to those researchers of corpus linguistics or related areas looking to explore metaphor through their corpus studies. | Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

GBP 130.00
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Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics A guide for research

Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics A guide for research

Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to the growing field of corpus pragmatics. Taking a hands-on approach to showcase the applications of corpora in the exploration of core topics within pragmatics this book: • covers six key areas of corpus-pragmatic research including speech acts deixis pragmatic markers evaluation conversational structure and multimodality; • demonstrates the use of freely-available corpora corpus interfaces and corpus analysis tools to conduct original pragmatic analyses; • is accompanied by an e-resource which hosts multimodal data sets for additional exercises. Featuring case studies and practical tasks within each chapter Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics is an essential guide for students and researchers studying or conducting their own corpus-based research in pragmatics. | Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics A guide for research

GBP 36.99
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Corpus Linguistics for English for Academic Purposes

Corpus Linguistics for English for Academic Purposes

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.

GBP 35.99
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Corpus Exploration of Lexis and Discourse in Translation

Corpus Exploration of Lexis and Discourse in Translation

This edited volume reflects on the development of corpus translation studies as a rapidly growing diversified field of translation studies. It examines the evolving identity of corpus translation from a marginal research tactic focusing on generating numeric corpus attributes to a powerful and increasingly sophisticated corpus analytical scheme and methodological paradigm that has significantly changed and continues to shape our understanding of the research and practical social values of empirical translation studies. Since its inception in the 1990s corpus translation studies have permeated through almost every corner and branch of contemporary translation studies – from literary translation stylistics through cognitive and neural translation to more socially oriented translation studies such as health care environmental and political and policy translation. Corpus methodological innovation has become a central research aim and priority in some of the most dynamic areas of translation studies. Methodological advancement has as its main aim a better enhanced understanding on the part of translation studies scholars of the internal factors and external variables that may account for the prevalence of certain translation features (for example corpus textual and linguistic patterns). This edited collection presents the latest studies of corpus-based and corpus-driven specialised translation and will appeal to students and scholars of translation studies in particular those interested in corpus translation. | Corpus Exploration of Lexis and Discourse in Translation

GBP 36.99
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Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication A Guide for Research

Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication A Guide for Research

Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication provides an accessible and practical introduction to the use of corpus linguistics methods to analyse health-related language use across various contexts and genres. Offering a critical review of the field discussion of extended case studies and practical exercises based on spoken written and digital language data this book: introduces the fields of health communication and corpus linguistics and critically reviews cutting-edge studies in the burgeoning area of corpus-based health communication; describes the processes involved in planning a corpus linguistics study of health communication including designing and building a corpus selecting tools and implementing techniques of analysis; demonstrates how corpus linguistics methods can – and have – been applied to the study of spoken written and digital health communication offering critical reflections and suggesting areas for future development. Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication is essential reading for those working at the interface of corpus linguistics and health communication. Both those with a little or a lot of experience in either field will find value in its pages. | Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication A Guide for Research

GBP 34.99
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Lingüística de corpus en español / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Corpus Linguistics

Lingüística de corpus en español / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Corpus Linguistics

Lingüística de corpus en español/The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Corpus Linguistics muestra el modo en que ha cambiado el panorama de la denominada lingüística de corpus en español y cómo en la actualidad ha llegado a concitar un espacio disciplinar independiente y al mismo tiempo integrar estos conocimientos en cualquier programa de estudios investigación o diseño curricular en educación superior. Este volumen lo componen 36 capítulos que ofrecen un panorama amplio diverso y comprehensivo de los avances en lingüística de corpus de y en español abarcando un vasto repertorio de conceptos esenciales y de aspectos teóricos y metodológicos desde una conceptualización de la lingüística contemporánea tanto inter como transdisciplinaria. Los ámbitos que se cubren no son ni estancos ni definitivos ni mucho menos los únicos. Son perfectamente susceptibles de revisión de mejora y/o de cambio. El objetivo último de esta obra no es el limitar o fijar sino todo lo contrario es el de motivar y provocar a los lectores y lectoras para que no cesen las avenidas de propuestas innovadoras en el ámbito de la lingüística de corpus del español y seguir así profundizando en el conocimiento de esta lengua. Lingüística de corpus en español / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Corpus Linguistics shows how the landscape of corpus linguistics in Spanish has changed and how it has become an independent discipline while incorporating this knowledge into any syllabus research or curriculum design in higher education. This volume comprises 36 chapters that provide a broad diverse and comprehensive overview of advances in corpus linguistics of and in Spanish covering a vast repertoire of essential concepts as well as theoretical and methodological aspects from a conceptualization of contemporary linguistics that is both inter- and transdisciplinary. The fields covered are not definitive or even the only ones. They are entirely open to revision improvement and/or change. The goal of this work is not to fix or limit these topics. On the contrary it is intended to motivate and provoke the readers to continue exploring new avenues of innovative proposals in the field of Spanish corpus linguistics and thus deepen their knowledge of this language.

GBP 205.00
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Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español

Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español

Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español es la primera obra concebida desde la óptica del español para investigar los corpus textuales existentes en la actualidad. Destinada a conjugar armónicamente la exposición de cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas proporciona información detallada sobre las tareas necesarias en el diseño construcción y explotación de un corpus a partir de numerosos ejemplos de obtención de datos sobre diferentes cuestiones léxicas y gramaticales. Características principales: • Exposición de cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas combinada con el tratamiento de casos prácticos de extracción y análisis de datos procedentes de corpus textuales de español; • Análisis de fenómenos léxicos y gramaticales del español desde diferentes perspectivas y con atención a la variabilidad diacrónica diatópica y diastrática; • Indicación detallada del modo de obtener los datos necesarios para la investigación en diferentes corpus del español; • Inclusión de un resumen inicial actividades de investigación en cada capítulo y lecturas complementarias recomendadas; • Presentación de un capítulo final con herramientas informáticas útiles para el análisis de textos no incluidos en corpus textuales; • Recopilación de los principales términos usados en la lingüística de corpus en un glosario bilingüe (español e inglés). Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español es una obra con un enfoque marcadamente didáctico y dirigida fundamentalmente a estudiantes avanzados de grado y posgrado profesores que necesiten hacer uso de corpus en sus clases investigadores que precisen un conocimiento más profundo de la lingüística de corpus o expertos en otras disciplinas que deseen familiarizarse con una perspectiva técnica de los fenómenos lingüísticos. Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español provides the first complete overview of corpus linguistics in Spanish. Combining the discussion of theoretical and methodological issues it provides detailed information on the design construction and use of a corpus with numerous examples of obtaining data on different lexical and grammatical issues. This is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students teachers who need to make use of corpora in their classes researchers who need a deeper knowledge of corpus linguistics or experts in other disciplines who wish to become familiar with a technical perspective of linguistic phenomena.

GBP 36.99
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Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication A Guide for Research

Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication A Guide for Research

Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication provides an instructive and practical guide to conducting research using methods in corpus linguistics in studies of various forms of online communication. Offering practical exercises and drawing on original data taken from online interactions this book: introduces the basics of corpus linguistics including what is involved in designing and building a corpus; reviews cutting-edge studies of online communication using corpus linguistics foregrounding different analytical components to facilitate studies in professional discourse online learning public understanding of health issues and dating apps; showcases both freely-available corpora and the innovative tools that students and researchers can access to carry out their own research. Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication supports researchers and students in generating high quality applied research and is essential reading for those studying and researching in this area. | Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication A Guide for Research

GBP 36.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis highlights the diversity breadth and depth of corpus approaches to discourse analysis compiling new and original research from notable scholars across the globe. Chapters showcase recent developments influenced by the exponential growth in linguistic computing advances in corpus design and compilation and the applications of sound quantitative and interpretive techniques in analyzing text and discourse patterns. Key discourse domains covered by 35 empirical chapters include: • Research contexts and methodological considerations; • Naturally occurring spoken professional and academic discourse; • Corpus approaches to conversational discourse media discourse and professional and academic writing. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis is key reading for both experienced and novice researchers working at the intersection of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis as well as anyone undertaking study in these areas as well as anyone interested in related fields and adjacent research approaches.

GBP 200.00
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Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics

Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics

Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics illustrates how sociolinguistic approaches and linguistic distributions from corpora can be effectively combined to produce meaningful studies of language use and language variation. Three major parts comprise the volume focusing on: (1) Corpora and the Study of Languages and Dialects in particular varieties of global Englishes; (2) Corpora and Social Demographics; and (3) Corpora and Register Characteristics. The 14 peer-reviewed new and original chapters explore language variation related to regional dialectology gender sexuality age race ‘nation ’ workplace discourse diachronic change and social media and web registers. Invited contributors made use of systematically-designed general and specialized corpora sound research questions methodologies (e. g. keyword analysis multi-dimensional analysis clusters and collocations) and logical/credible interpretive techniques. Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics is an important resource for researchers and graduate students in the fields of sociolinguistics corpus linguistics and applied linguistics.

GBP 46.99
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Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Perspectives Issues and Findings

Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Perspectives Issues and Findings

In Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Xiaofei Lu comprehensively reviews empirical studies that employ corpus linguistic methods to investigate issues in second language variation processing production and development. These methods enable advanced students and researchers to: Examine learner and task variables that condition variation in second language use Understand the effects of various input factors on second language processing and production Track group longitudinal trajectories of second language development and the input learner and task factors that affect such trajectories Profile inter- and intra-learner variability and individual variation in second language longitudinal development This book will serve as an excellent resource for students and researchers with interests in corpus linguistics and second language acquisition. | Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Perspectives Issues and Findings

GBP 34.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics 2e provides an updated overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Over a decade on from the first edition of the Handbook this collection of 47 chapters from experts in key areas offers a comprehensive introduction to both the development and use of corpora as well as their ever-evolving applications to other areas such as digital humanities sociolinguistics stylistics translation studies materials design language teaching and teacher development media discourse discourse analysis forensic linguistics second language acquisition and testing. The new edition updates all core chapters and includes new chapters on corpus linguistics and statistics digital humanities translation phonetics and phonology second language acquisition social media and theoretical perspectives. Chapters provide annotated further reading lists and step-by-step guides as well as detailed overviews across a wide range of themes. The Handbook also includes a wealth of case studies that draw on some of the many new corpora and corpus tools that have emerged in the last decade. Organised across four themes moving from the basic start-up topics such as corpus building and design to analysis application and reflection this second edition remains a crucial point of reference for advanced undergraduates postgraduates and scholars in applied linguistics.

GBP 205.00
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EMI Classroom Communication A Corpus-Based Approach

EMI Classroom Communication A Corpus-Based Approach

Examining English medium instruction (EMI) through a corpus-based approach this volume offers a critical inquiry into the use of different linguistic and pedagogical strategies in the EMI classroom. It explores aspects of content lecturers’ language use pedagogy and intercultural communicative competence by drawing on the findings obtained from EMI lecture corpus analysis and post-observation interviews with EMI lecturers from five universities in Croatia Denmark Italy the Netherlands and Spain. The book also offers insights into lecturers’ engagement with students in English which is their second language as well as their perception of differences between EMI and first-language-medium instruction (L1MI). Finally the volume provides readers with corpus-based analysis of teachers’ oral ability profiles as a basis for the identification of communicational challenges and provision of language support. The book will be of interest to scholars interested in EMI in higher education and postgraduate students in applied linguistics and TESOL programs. It will also be relevant to teachers who are involved in EMI provision teacher trainers who design support programs for EMI teachers and policymakers who establish language-in-education policies for EMI. | EMI Classroom Communication A Corpus-Based Approach

GBP 130.00
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The Language of Hate A Corpus Lingusitic Analysis of White Supremacist Language

The Language of Hate A Corpus Lingusitic Analysis of White Supremacist Language

In this book Andrew Brindle analyzes a corpus of texts taken from a white supremacist web forum which refer to the subject of homosexuality drawing conclusions about the discourses of extremism and the dissemination of far-right hate speech online. The website from which Brindle’s corpus is drawn Stormfront has been described as the most powerful active influence in the White Nationalist movement (Kim 2005). Through a linguistic analysis of the data combining corpus linguistic methodologies and a critical discourse analysis approach Brindle examines the language used to construct heterosexual white masculinities as well as posters’ representations of gay men racial minorities and other out-groups and how such groups are associated by the in-group. Brindle applies three types of analysis to the corpus: a corpus-driven approach centered on the study of frequency keywords collocation and concordance analyses; a detailed qualitative study of posts from the forum and the threads in which they are located; and a corpus-based approach which combines the corpus linguistic and qualitative analyses. The analysis of the data demonstrates a convergence of reactionary responses to not only women gay men and lesbians but also to racial minorities. Brindle’s findings suggest that due to the forum format of the data topics are discussed and negotiated rather than dictated unilaterally as would be the case in a hierarchical organization. This research-based study of white supremacist discourse on the Internet facilitates understanding of hate speech and the behavior of extremist groups with the aim of providing tools to combat elements of extremism and intolerance in society. | The Language of Hate A Corpus Lingusitic Analysis of White Supremacist Language

GBP 42.99
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The ICNALE Guide An Introduction to a Learner Corpus Study on Asian Learners’ L2 English

The ICNALE Guide An Introduction to a Learner Corpus Study on Asian Learners’ L2 English

This book provides a practical and extensive guide for the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English (ICNALE) a unique dataset including more than 15 000 samples of Asian learners’ L2 English speeches and essays. It also offers approachable introductions to a variety of corpus studies on the aspects of Asian learners’ L2 English. Key topics discussed in the book include: background aims and methods of learner corpus research principles designs and applications of the ICNALE vocabulary grammar and pragmatics in Asian learners’ L2 English and individual differences of Asian learners and assessments of their speeches and essays With many case studies and hands-on guides to utilise ICNALE data to the fullest extent The ICNALE Guide is a unique resource for students teachers and researchers who are interested in a corpus-based analysis of L2 acquisition. | The ICNALE Guide An Introduction to a Learner Corpus Study on Asian Learners’ L2 English

GBP 35.99
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Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

This book presents a critical analysis of ways in which schizophrenia and people with schizophrenia are represented in the press. Interrogating a 15-million-word corpus of news articles published by nine UK national newspapers over a 15-year period the author draws on techniques from corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to identify the most frequent and salient linguistic features used by journalists to influence and reflect broader public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia. In doing so this book: Evaluates the extent to which media representations are accurate and the extent to which they are potentially helpful or harmful towards people living with schizophrenia; Employs a bottom-up approach guided by linguistic patterns such as collocates and keywords identified by corpus software; Contributes to the de-stigmatisation of schizophrenic disorder by unveiling some of the widespread misconceptions surrounding it; Applies a mixed-methods approach in order to expose attitudes and beliefs found ‘between the lines’ – values and assumptions which are often implicit in the way language is used and therefore not visible to the naked eye. The findings of this monograph will be relevant to advanced students and researchers of health communication corpus linguistics and applied linguistics and will also carry importance for journalists and mental health practitioners. | Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

GBP 120.00
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Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research A New Approach

Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research A New Approach

Traditional approaches focused on significance tests have often been difficult for linguistics researchers to visualise. Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research: A New Approach breaks these significance tests down for researchers in corpus linguistics and linguistic analysis promoting a visual approach to understanding the performance of tests with real data and demonstrating how to derive new intervals and tests. Accessibly written this book discusses the ‘why’ behind the statistical model allowing readers a greater facility for choosing their own methodologies. Accessibly written for those with little to no mathematical or statistical background it explains the mathematical fundamentals of simple significance tests by relating them to confidence intervals. With sample datasets and easy-to-read visuals this book focuses on practical issues such as how to: • pose research questions in terms of choice and constraint; • employ confidence intervals correctly (including in graph plots); • select optimal significance tests (and what results mean); • measure the size of the effect of one variable on another; • estimate the similarity of distribution patterns; and • evaluate whether the results of two experiments significantly differ. Appropriate for anyone from the student just beginning their career to the seasoned researcher this book is both a practical overview and valuable resource. | Statistics in Corpus Linguistics Research A New Approach

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Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity Corpus-Based Evidence

Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity Corpus-Based Evidence

This book advances the theorization of normativity as a key concept in language and sexuality studies bringing together some of the author’s previous work with new material for a comprehensive exploration of the influence of normativity on the relationship between language and sexuality. The first section of the book outlines fundamental areas of inquiry in language and sexuality studies today with a focus on queer linguistic inquiry and elucidates the book’s theoretical frameworks around normativity. Chapters in the section reflect on the ways in which normativity shapes sexuality-related language how language is employed to convey sexual normativities and queer linguistic challenges for the use of research methods in the discipline through a discussion of their implementation in corpus linguistics. The second part of the book builds on these theoretical foundations by featuring seven case studies that illustrate a diverse range of methods and language data with a concluding chapter considering the implications of their findings for furthering theoretical debates and future research on normativity in language and sexuality studies. This volume will be of interest to scholars in language and sexuality language and gender sociolinguistics discourse analysis applied linguistics and corpus linguistics. | Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity Corpus-Based Evidence

GBP 130.00
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Arabic Idioms A Corpus Based Study

Arabic Idioms A Corpus Based Study

Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. This corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic sheds light on their intricate nature establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behaviour and provides explanations for these patterns. Adopting a descriptive framework the study addresses two main issues with regard to the discursive behaviour of idioms: the discursive functions that they perform and the ways in which they contribute to the cohesion of their texts. Examining primary data with regard to the semantic discursive lexical and grammatical properties of Arabic idioms the author touches on the ubiquity of these expressions in language use the wide range of functions they perform in discourse the problems they often cause in domains such as foreign language learning and translation and their typical divergence from the normal rules of grammar and semantic compositionality. Providing explanations for major linguistic phenomena this analysis will be accessible to linguists translators lexicographers translation software developers and language teachers as well as learners. | Arabic Idioms A Corpus Based Study

GBP 39.99
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Corpus Applications in Language Teaching and Research The Case of Data-Driven Learning of German

Corpus Applications in Language Teaching and Research The Case of Data-Driven Learning of German

Corpus Applications in Language Teaching and Research: The Case of Data-Driven Learning of German provides a historical overview of corpus applications in language teaching with a focus on German. The book identifies challenges in using corpus applications and data-driven learning (DDL) research for Languages Other Than English (LOTEs) and addresses these challenges through various approaches. Overall this book: surveys corpus applications for teaching and learning German highlighting the growth of the L2 German DDL field and identifying trends in integrating DDL into pedagogical practice; presents empirical research on the effectiveness of DDL applications for teaching and learning German in comparison with research on English and other LOTEs emphasizing the need for expanding the scope of DDL research to include more languages skills and study types; compares teaching interventions for L2 collocations in the fields of Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA) and DDL highlighting methodological differences between the two paradigms and proposing a combined ISLA/DDL framework to bridge the disconnect; showcases a successful DDL intervention that resulted in significant learning gains in German collocation knowledge filling a gap in DDL research; proposes an Open Educational Resource (OER) for teaching and learning German incorporating open access corpora learner-fit criteria new tools and technology and usage-based learning principles; examines the current difficulties encountered by the DDL field and highlights potential directions for future research and pedagogical approaches. This book offers insights and resources for researchers language teaching practitioners and students interested in corpus-based learning and teaching methods. While the focus is on teaching German to English-speaking students the book's findings have broader applicability to language teaching and learning in different contexts. | Corpus Applications in Language Teaching and Research The Case of Data-Driven Learning of German

GBP 130.00
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Persian Calligraphy A Corpus Study of Letterforms

Persian Calligraphy A Corpus Study of Letterforms

This book is an exploratory adventure to defamiliarize calligraphy especially Persian Nastaliq calligraphic letterforms and to look beyond the tradition that has always considered calligraphy as pursuant to and subordinate to linguistic practices. Calligraphy can be considered a visual communicative system with different means of meaning-making or as a medium through which meaning is made and expression is conveyed via a complex grammar. This study looks at calligraphy as a systematic means in the field of visual communication rather than as a one-dimensional and ad hoc means of providing visual beauty and aesthetic enjoyment. Revolving around different insights of multimodal social semiotics the volume relies on the findings of a corpus study of Persian Nastaliq calligraphy. The research emphasizes the way in which letterforms regardless of conventions in language are applied as graphically meaningful forms that convey individual distinct meanings. This volume on Persian Nastaliq calligraphy will be inspirational to visual artists designers calligraphers writers linguists and visual communicators. With an introduction to social semiotics this work will be of interest to students and scholars interested in visual arts media and communication and semiotics. | Persian Calligraphy A Corpus Study of Letterforms

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A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of the Appraisal Systems in English and Chinese Scientific Research Articles

A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of the Appraisal Systems in English and Chinese Scientific Research Articles

Appraisal is the way language users express their attitude towards things people behaviour or ideas. In the last few decades significant achievements have been made in Appraisal Theory research yet little attention has been paid to appraisal in scientific texts especially in relation to the contrast to how it is applied in English and Chinese. This title examines the similarities and differences of Appraisal systems in English and Chinese scientific research articles. Using a self-constructed corpus of scientific research articles the authors make cross-linguistic comparisons in terms of the quantity and distribution patterns of categories of appraisals. They creatively categorise articles into theoretical scientific research articles and applied studies and discover that for both languages each genre can have its own favorite mode of distribution for the realization of appraisal systems. In addition this research helps appraisal theory systems to become more explicit specific and more applicable for the analysis of scientific research articles. Students and scholars of applied linguistics comparative linguistics and corpus linguistics will find this an essential reference. | A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of the Appraisal Systems in English and Chinese Scientific Research Articles

GBP 36.99
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The Brain Code Mechanisms of Information Transfer and the Role of the Corpus Callosum

The Brain Code Mechanisms of Information Transfer and the Role of the Corpus Callosum

Originally published in 1986 this stimulating and unorthodox book integrates the major findings of hemispheric research with the larger questions of how the brain stores and transmits information – the ‘brain code’. Norman Cook emphasizes how the two cerebral hemispheres communicate information over the corpus callosum the largest single nerve tract of the human brain. Excitatory mechanisms are involved in the duplication of information between the hemispheres; in contrast inhibitory mechanisms are implicated in the production of hemispheric asymmetries and crucially in high-level cognitive phenomena such as the right hemisphere’s role in providing the ‘context’ within which left hemispheric verbal information is placed. These callosal mechanisms of information transfer are not only fundamental to the brain code; they are the simplest and most easily demonstrated ways in which the neocortex ‘talks to itself’. The Brain Code demonstrates how popular topics within psychology at the time such as laterality hemisphere differences and the psychology of left and right are central to further progress in understanding the human brain. This book provides stimulating reading for students of psychology artificial intelligence and neurophysiology as well as anyone interested in the broader question of how the brain works. | The Brain Code Mechanisms of Information Transfer and the Role of the Corpus Callosum

GBP 31.99
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HAY Corpus Shelf Small Sea

HAY Corpus Shelf Small Sea

Design: Andreas Bergsaker for HAY Concept: HAY's Korpus Shelf is a series of colorful wall-mounted shelves designed by Norwegian product designer Andreas Bergsaker. With the desire to create a durable multi-functional shelf from recycled material, Korpus Shelf is made from recycled aluminum, known for its lightness, strength and ability to be reused countless times. Inside the shelf you will find a small hook that makes it possible to hang up jackets, bags, etc. Available in a wide range of sizes and colours, these versatile shelves can be used in many different rooms in the home, for example, in the hallway, kitchen or for displaying decorative items in the living room.

GBP 102.00
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