Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics

by Colin Yallop, M.A.K. Halliday, Wolfgang Teubert, et al.

Book Overview

Perspectives in Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics offers an introduction to words and corpus linguistics. From this foundation it explores the much wider issues that are inevitably raised but somehow marginalized in lexicology (the study of words) and corpus linguistics: how are individual words integrated into language? What are the real benefits of studying the large quantities of text now available in corpora? How do we best conceptualize meaning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826448623
• ISBN13: 9780826448620
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"