Corpus Linguistics for ELT: Research and PracticeCorpus Linguistics for ELT provides a practical guide to undertaking ELT-related corpus research. Aimed at researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of ELT and TESOL, and English language teachers, this volume:
Corpus Linguistics for ELT empowers and inspires readers to carry out their own ELT corpus research, and will allow them in turn to make a significant contribution to corpus-informed ELT pedagogy. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Building a corpus | 14 |
3 Corpora and lexis | 22 |
4 Corpus research and grammar | 57 |
5 Spoken corpus research | 81 |
6 Corpora and the classroom | 119 |
7 Corpora and ESP | 146 |
8 Corpora in perspective | 183 |
9 Conclusion | 196 |
Appendices | 198 |
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