Corpus Linguistics: theory and methods
1. Introduction: overview of online interfaces
2. Compiling corpora / The web as corpus
Reading:
Kennedy, Graeme. 1998. An introduction to corpus linguistics. London, New York: Longman
3. Corpus transcription and annotation
Reading:
Atkins, Beryl T., Jeremy Clear and Nicholas Ostler. 1992. Corpus design criteria. Literary and
Linguistic Computing 7.1:1-16.
4. Frequency lists
Reading:
Leech, Geoffrey and Roger Fallon. 2004 [1992]. Computer corpora – what do they tell us about
culture? In: Geoffrey Sampson and Diana McCarthy (eds.). Corpus linguistics. Readings in
a widening discipline. London, New York: Continuum, 160-173.
5. Concordances
Reading:
Hyland, Kenneth and John Milton. 2004 [1997]. Qualification and certainty in L1 and L2
students’ writing. In: Geoffrey Sampson and Diana McCarthy (eds.). Corpus linguistics.
Readings in a widening discipline. London, New York: Continuum, 371-386.
6. Collocations
Reading:
Biber, Douglas, Susan Conrad and Randi Reppen. 1998. Corpus linguistics: investigating
language structure and use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
7. Patterns (Introduction to KfNgram)
Reading:
Francis, Gill. 2004 [1993]. A corpus-driven approach to grammar: Principles, methods, and
examples. In: Geoffrey Sampson and Diana McCarthy (eds.). Corpus linguistics. Readings
in a widening discipline. London, New York: Continuum, 198-211.
8. Collostructions
Reading:
Stefanowitsch, Anatol and Stefan Th. Gries. 2003. Collostructions: Investigating the interaction
between words and constructions. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 8.2:209-
143.
9. Corpus methods with R: Functions, arguments, vectors
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New
York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
10. Simple text processing with Python
Reading:
Jacob Perkins. 2010. Python text processing with NLTK 2.0 Cookbook. Packt Publishing. Birmingham - Mumbai. [available as a free e-book]
11. Simple text processing with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
12. Advanced text processing with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
13. Simple frequency lists with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
14. Cultural word frequency comparisons with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
15. Simple concordances with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
16. Complex concordances with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Statistics for linguistics with R: a practical introduction. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
1. Introduction: overview of online interfaces
2. Compiling corpora / The web as corpus
Reading:
Kennedy, Graeme. 1998. An introduction to corpus linguistics. London, New York: Longman
3. Corpus transcription and annotation
Reading:
Atkins, Beryl T., Jeremy Clear and Nicholas Ostler. 1992. Corpus design criteria. Literary and
Linguistic Computing 7.1:1-16.
4. Frequency lists
Reading:
Leech, Geoffrey and Roger Fallon. 2004 [1992]. Computer corpora – what do they tell us about
culture? In: Geoffrey Sampson and Diana McCarthy (eds.). Corpus linguistics. Readings in
a widening discipline. London, New York: Continuum, 160-173.
5. Concordances
Reading:
Hyland, Kenneth and John Milton. 2004 [1997]. Qualification and certainty in L1 and L2
students’ writing. In: Geoffrey Sampson and Diana McCarthy (eds.). Corpus linguistics.
Readings in a widening discipline. London, New York: Continuum, 371-386.
6. Collocations
Reading:
Biber, Douglas, Susan Conrad and Randi Reppen. 1998. Corpus linguistics: investigating
language structure and use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
7. Patterns (Introduction to KfNgram)
Reading:
Francis, Gill. 2004 [1993]. A corpus-driven approach to grammar: Principles, methods, and
examples. In: Geoffrey Sampson and Diana McCarthy (eds.). Corpus linguistics. Readings
in a widening discipline. London, New York: Continuum, 198-211.
8. Collostructions
Reading:
Stefanowitsch, Anatol and Stefan Th. Gries. 2003. Collostructions: Investigating the interaction
between words and constructions. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 8.2:209-
143.
9. Corpus methods with R: Functions, arguments, vectors
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New
York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
10. Simple text processing with Python
Reading:
Jacob Perkins. 2010. Python text processing with NLTK 2.0 Cookbook. Packt Publishing. Birmingham - Mumbai. [available as a free e-book]
11. Simple text processing with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
12. Advanced text processing with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
13. Simple frequency lists with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
14. Cultural word frequency comparisons with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
15. Simple concordances with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
16. Complex concordances with R
Reading:
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Gries, Stefan Th. 2009. Statistics for linguistics with R: a practical introduction. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
