The BNC Handbook : : Exploring the British National Corpus with SARA /

The BNC Handbook : : Exploring the British National Corpus with SARA / / Guy Aston, Lou Burnard.

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This textbook is designed to provide a detailed understanding of the principles and practices underlying the use of large language corpora in exploratory learning and English language teaching and research. It focuses on the largest and most representative corpus of spoken and written data yet compi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Aston, Guy,
Burnard, Lou,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1998
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Textbooks in Empirical Linguistics : ETELI
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1: Corpus linguistics and the BNC
  • Introduction
  • 1 Corpus linguistics
  • 2 The British National Corpus
  • 3 Future corpora
  • II: Exploring the BNC with SARA
  • Introduction
  • 1 Old words and new words
  • 2 What is more than one corpus?
  • 3 When is ajar not a door?
  • 4 A query too far
  • 5 Do people ever say 'you can say that again'?
  • 6 Do men say mauve?
  • 7 'Madonna hits album' - did it hit back?
  • 8 Springing surprises on the armchair linguist
  • 9 Returning to more serious matters
  • 10 What does 'SARA' mean?
  • III: Reference Guide
  • 1 Quick reference guide to the SARA client
  • 2 Code tables
  • 3 SGML Listing format
  • 4 Bibliography
  • Index

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