{"product_id":"doing-linguistics-with-a-corpus-methodological-considerations-for-the-everyday-user-paperback-9781108744850","title":"Doing Linguistics with a Corpus; Methodological Considerations for the Everyday User (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108744850","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDoing Linguistics with a Corpus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMethodological Considerations for the Everyday User\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe propose approaches that help place language description back at the center stage of quantitative corpus linguistic research.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJesse Egbert (Author), Tove Larsson (Author), Douglas Biber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108744850, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e75 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 0.5 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… provides some great insights in to how to improve research for linguists interested in using corpora as tools for language analysis.' Tyler Kimball Anderson, LINGUIST List\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eParadoxically, doing corpus linguistics is both easier and harder than it has ever been before. On the one hand, it is easier because we have access to more existing corpora, more corpus analysis software tools, and more statistical methods than ever before. On the other hand, reliance on these existing corpora and corpus linguistic methods can potentially create layers of distance between the researcher and the language in a corpus, making it a challenge to do linguistics with a corpus. The goal of this Element is to explore ways for us to improve how we approach linguistic research questions with quantitative corpus data. We introduce and illustrate the major steps in the research process, including how to: select and evaluate corpora, establish linguistically-motivated research questions, observational units and variables, select linguistically interpretable variables, understand and evaluate existing corpus software tools, adopt minimally sufficient statistical methods, and qualitatively interpret quantitative findings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Getting to know your corpus\u003cbr\u003e 3. Research designs: linguistically meaningful research questions, observational units, variables, and dispersion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Linguistically interpretable variables\u003cbr\u003e 5. Software tools and linguistic interpretability\u003cbr\u003e 6. The role of statistical analysis in linguistic descriptions\u003cbr\u003e 7. Interpreting quantitative results\u003cbr\u003e 8. Wrapping up.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Applied linguistics for ELT\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Applied%20linguistics%20for%20ELT%20%5BEBAL%5D%22\"\u003eEBAL\u003c\/a\u003e], Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002811175192,"sku":"9781108744850","price":17.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108744850i.jpg?v=1696718452","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/doing-linguistics-with-a-corpus-methodological-considerations-for-the-everyday-user-paperback-9781108744850","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}