Corpora and language education / Lynne Flowerdew

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Key Concepts and Approaches: Definition, purposes and applications of corpora; Historical and conceptual background of corpus linguistics: evolutionary, revolutionary or counter-revolutionary; Approaches to corpus linguistics -- Part II. The Nexus of Corpus Linguistics, Textlinguistics and Sociolinguistics: How is corpus linguistics related to discourse analysis?; How is corpus linguistics related to sociolinguistics -- Part III. Applications of Corpora in Research and Teaching Arenas: Applying corpus linguistics in research arenas; Applying corpus linguistics in teaching arenas; Research cases -- Part IV. Resources: Key sources.

"Corpora and Language Education critically examines key concepts and issues in corpus linguistics, with a particular focus on the expanding interdisciplinary nature of the field and the role that written and spoken corpora now play in the fields of professional communication, teacher education, translation studies, lexicography, literature, critical discourse analysis, and forensic linguistics. The book also presents a series of corpus-based case studies illustrating central themes and best practices in the field."