Cambridge University Press publishes a few books that may be helpful:
* Corpus Linguistics by Biber, Conrad & Reppen
* Corpora in Applied Linguistics by Hunston
* English Corpus Linguistics by Meyer
* Genre Analysis by Swales
Best wishes,
Paul Heacock
Commissioning Editor, ESL/EFL Reference
Cambridge University Press
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On 11/7/2002 7:33 AM, Isa Abdul kaader <I.Abdul-kaader@postgrad.umist.ac.uk> wrote:
>Dear members,
>
> I just started on my course in Corpus Linguistics but alas due
>to poor
>introduction, I seem to be completely lost. Could anyone of you kind
>souls
>direct me to any reading or sites that gives clear introduction on
>what is
>Corpus Linguistics, the areas of concerns within the field.
>
> I would on the whole like to know how to complie the needed corpus.
>I am
>purely interested in technical writing ( be it technical reports
>or business
>writing) and the methodology to analyse.
>
> many thanks for your help.
>
>A desperate soul
>Rafiq
>Temasek Polytechnic
>Singapore
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Quoting Veronika Koller <Veronika.Koller@isis.wu-wien.ac.at>:
>
>> Dear list members,
>> has anyone come acrooss the problem described below and found a
>solution to
>> it?
>>
>> Whenever I want to save a concordance as a txt or Word file, copy
>and paste
>> it to Word or the Editor, and even when expanding concordance lines,
>the
>> node word changes to seemingly anywhere in the text, making it
>impossible
>> to properly work with attested results.
>>
>> Since this is starting to drive me crazy, your help in maintaining
>sanity
>> in academia will be much appreciated indeed. ;-)
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Veronika Koller
>>
>> Mag.a Veronika Koller
>> Department of English/Business English
>> Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
>> Augasse 9
>> A-1090 Vienna
>> Tel.: 43/1/31336-4068
>> Fax: 43/1/31336-747
>>
>>
>
>
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