corpus linguistics

Multi-Dimensional Analysis, 25 years on. A tribute to Douglas Biber

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Edited by Tony Berber Sardinha and Marcia Veirano Pinto São Paulo Catholic University Approximately a quarter of a century ago, the Multi-Dimensional (MD) approach—one of the most powerful (and controversial) methods in Corpus Linguistics—saw its first book-length treatment. In its eleven chapters, this volume presents all new contributions covering a wide range of written and … Read more

CFP Current Work in Corpus Linguistics: Working with Traditionally-conceived Corpora and Beyond

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  Current Work in Corpus Linguistics:  Working with Traditionally-conceived Corpora and Beyond Welcome to Valladolid for the CILC2015, the seventh edition of the International Conference on Corpus Linguistics organized by AELINCO, the Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics and hosted this year by the Department of English and the International Centre for Lexicography (University of de … Read more

Using Sketch Engine: some how-to resources

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General SKE Youtube Channel Brief overview Creating your corpus and data upload Finding metadata for source documents in the Sketch Engine Concordancer Using the Expert option: ‘Context’ in the Sketch Engine Thinning down your concordance output Using Sketch Difference for lexical disambiguation Taller sobre herramientas de análisis textual: La herramienta Sketch EngineFacultad de Filología, Universidad … Read more

Receptive and productive mastery of different text varieties

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Receptive mastery of different text varieties increases access to information, while productive mastery increases the ability to participate in varying communities. And if you cannot analyze a variety that is new to you, you cannot help yourself or others learn to master it.  Biber & Conrad (2009:4) Biber, D. & Conrad, S. 2009.Register, genre and … Read more