About this product

Product Information

John Sinclair charts the emergence of a new view of language and the computer technology associated with it. Developments in computational linguistics over the past ten years are outlined. There is discussion of corpus creation and exemplification of corpus use. The book goes on to spell outthe implications of these developments for an understanding of collocation.

Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100194371441

ISBN-139780194371445

eBay Product ID (ePID)72567

Product Key Features

Number of Pages198 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCorpus Concordance Collocation

Publication Year1991

SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Study & Teaching

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorJohn Sinclair

FormatUk-Trade Paper

Dimensions

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal425.0285

Table of ContentThe author and series editorsForewordIntroduction1 Corpus creationIntroductionWho should design a corpus?A general corpusOutline of corpus creation- Electronic form- PermissionsDesign- Spoken and written language- Quasi-speech- Formal and literary language- Typicality- Design criteria- Period- Overall size- Sample size- Whole documents- Minimal criteria- Provisional corpus- ProcessingClean-text policyBasic provisionDatabaseMaintenanceDifferent kinds of corpora- Sample corpora- Monitor corpora- Features of a monitor corpus2 Basic text processingIntroductionInputWords and word-formsText and vocabularyFrequency list - first occurrenceFrequency list - alphabeticalFrequency list - frequency orderWord frequency profilesConcordances- KWIC (Key Word in Context)- Longer environments- Ordering within concordances- Concordance processingText analysis statisticsSelective informationIntermediate categoriesNew approaches3 The evidence of usageIntroductionExisting descriptionsNative-speaker introspectionsLanguage in useWord-forms and lemmasConcordances- Concordance evidence: an example- Sense 1: to refuse- Other senses4 Sense and structure in lexisIntroductionEvidence: main sensesEvidence: minor sensesCounter-examples: generalCounter-examples: first sense- Yield with an object- Yielding with an object- Yielded with an objectDescriptive and prescriptive studyCounter-examples: second and third senses- Yield as transitive verb- Doubtful casesFirst minor senseConclusion5 Words and phrasesIntroductionPhrasal verbsSome numerical factsCombinations of set + particleThe combination set in- Nouns- Verbs- Sense (i)- Sense (ii)- Minor senses- Sundry idioms- Set in as a phrasal verb- Word-forms- Subjects- A dictionary entryOther phrasal verbs with setConclusion6 The meeting of lexis and grammarIntroduction- What is said about of- A corpus view of ofFrequencyOf outside nominal groupsOf in nominal groupsConventional measuresLess conventional measuresThe status of headwordFocus nouns- Focus on a part- Focus on a specialized part- Focus on a component, aspect, or attributeSupport- MetaphorDouble-headed nominal groups- Titles- NominalizationsModifications of first noun (N1)Mopping up- Superlative adjectives- Fixed phrases- MiscellaneousEvaluationAnalysis of examples in Table 1- Non-nominal instances of of- Nominal groupConclusion7 Evaluating instancesIntroductionThrow away your evidenceText and languageMeaning and structureProcedureFindingsConclusion8 CollocationIntroductionTwo models of interpretation- The open-choice principle- The idiom principle- Evidence from long textsCollocation- Collocation of back- Analysis of the collocational pattern of back- Upward collocates: back- Downward collocates: backConclusion9 Words about wordsIntroductionStructureVariation in co-text- About the word itself- What people meanStructure: verb explanations- Animate subjects- Inanimate subjects- Mixed subjects- Operators- SummaryAnalysis of the second part- First chunk- Second chunkDiscussionApplicationsInferences and implicationsConclusionSumming upAppendix IAppendix IIAppendix IIIBibliographyGlossaryIndex