Corpus Stylistics and Dickens's Fiction (Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics)

This book presents an innovative approach to the language of one of the most popular English authors. It illustrates how corpus linguistic methods can be employed to study electronic versions of texts by Charles Dickens. With particular focus on Dickens’s novels, the book proposes a way into the Dickensian world that starts from linguistic patterns. The analysis begins with clusters, i.e. repeated sequences of words, as pointers to local textual functions. Combining quantitative findings with qualitative analyses, the book takes a fresh view on Dickens’s techniques of characterisation, the literary presentation of body language and speech in fiction. The approach brings together corpus linguistics, literary stylistics and Dickens criticism. It thus contributes to bridging the gap between linguistic and literary studies and will be a useful resource for both researchers and students of English language and literature.

Literature & Fiction

Mahlberg, Michaela

History & Criticism

Routledge

Corpus linguistics is often regarded as a methodology in its own right, but little attention has been given to the theoretical perspectives from which the subject can be approached. The present book contributes to filling this gap. Bringing together original contributions by internationally renowned authors, the chapters include coverage of the lexical priming theory, parole-linguistics, a four-part model of language system and language use, and the concept of local textual functions. The theoretical arguments are illustrated and complemented by case studies using data from large corpora such as the BNC, smaller purpose-built corpora, and Google searches. By presenting theoretical positions in corpus linguistics, Text, Discourse, and Corpora provides an essential overview for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and academic readers.

Text, Discourse and Corpora: Theory and Analysis (Corpus and Discourse)

Reference

Stubbs, Michael

Teubert, Wolfgang

Hoey, Michael

Words, Language & Grammar

Continuum

Key Terms in Corpus Linguistics

Key Terms in Corpus Linguistics explains all of the terms which students of linguistics and English language are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. The book includes definitions of key terms within corpus linguistics, as well as outlines of the work of key thinkers in the field, including John Sinclair, Randolph Quirk, Geoffrey Leech and Michael Hoey. The list of key readings is intended to direct students towards classic articles, as well providing a springboard to further study. Accessibly written, with complicated terms and concepts explained in an easy to understand way, Key Terms in Corpus Linguistics is an essential resource for students of linguistics.

O'Donnell, Matthew Brook

Continuum Intl Pub Group

<p>This book presents an innovative approach to the language of one of the most popular English authors. It illustrates how corpus linguistic methods can be employed to study electronic versions of texts by Charles Dickens. With particular focus on Dickens’s novels, the book proposes a way into the Dickensian world that starts from linguistic patterns. The analysis begins with clusters, i.e. repeated sequences of words, as pointers to local textual functions. Combining quantitative findings with qualitative analyses, the book takes a fresh view on Dickens’s techniques of characterisation, the literary presentation of body language and speech in fiction. The approach brings together corpus linguistics, literary stylistics and Dickens criticism. It thus contributes to bridging the gap between linguistic and literary studies and will be a useful resource for both researchers and students of English language and literature.</p>

This book proposes an innovative approach to general nouns. General nouns are defined as high-frequency nouns that are characterised by their textual functions. Although the concept is motivated by Halliday & Hasan (1976), the corpus theoretical approach adopted in the present study is fundamentally different and set in a linguistic framework that prioritises lexis. The study investigates 20 nouns that are very frequent in mainstream English, as represented by the Bank of English Corpus. The corpus-driven approach to the data involves a critical discussion of descriptive tools, such as patterns, semantic prosodies, and primings of lexical items, and the concept of 'local textual functions' is put forward to characterise the functions of the nouns in texts. The study not only suggests a characterisation of general nouns, but also stresses that functions of lexical items and properties of texts are closely linked. This link requires new ways of describing language.

English General Nouns (Studies in Corpus Linguistics)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Corpus Stylistics and Dickens's Fiction (Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics)

Text, Discourse and Corpora: Theory and Analysis (Corpus and Discourse)

Text, Discourse and Corpora: Theory and Analysis (Corpus and Discourse)

Key Terms in Corpus Linguistics

Key Terms in Corpus Linguistics

Corpus Stylistics and Dickens's Fiction (Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics)

English General Nouns (Studies in Corpus Linguistics)