Patterns and meanings in discourse: theory and practice in corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS)

A. Partington, A. Duguid, Charlotte Taylor

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Abstract

This work is designed, firstly, to both provoke theoretical discussion and serve as a practical guide for researchers and students in the field of corpus linguistics and, secondly, to offer a wide-ranging introduction to corpus techniques for practitioners of discourse studies. It delves into a wide variety of language topics and areas including metaphor, irony, evaluation, (im)politeness, stylistics, language change and sociopolitical issues. Each chapter begins with an outline of an area, followed by case studies which attempt both to shed light on particular themes in this area and to demonstrate the methodologies which might be fruitfully employed to investigate them. The chapters conclude with suggestions on activities which the readers may wish to undertake themselves. An Appendix contains a list of currently available resources for corpus research which were used or mentioned in the book.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Number of pages384
Edition55
ISBN (Print)9789027203618
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Publication series

NameStudies in corpus linguistics
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
No.55

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