Corpus Linguistics For Education

Download or read book Corpus Linguistics for Education written by Pascual Pérez-Paredes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corpus Linguistics for Education provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to the use of corpus research-methods in the field of education. Taking a hands-on approach to showcase the applications of corpora in the exploration of educationally relevant topics, this book: • covers 18 key skills including corpus building, the role of frequency, different corpus methods, transcription and annotation; • demonstrates the use of available corpora and desktop and online corpus analysis tools to conduct original analyses; • features case studies and step-by-step guides within each chapter; • emphasises the use of interview data in research projects. Corpus Linguistics for Education is an essential guide for students and researchers studying or conducting their own corpus-based research in education.