<p>Meaning, Discourse and Society investigates the construction of reality within discourse. When people talk about things such as language, the mind, globalisation or weeds, they are less discussing the outside world than objects they have created collaboratively by talking about them. Wolfgang Teubert shows that meaning cannot be found in mental concepts or neural activity, as implied by the cognitive sciences. He argues instead that meaning is negotiated and knowledge is created by symbolic interaction, thus taking language as a social, rather than a mental, phenomenon. Discourses, Teubert contends, can be viewed as collective minds, enabling the members of discourse communities to make sense of themselves and of the world around them. By taking an active stance in constructing the reality they share, people thus can take part in moulding the world in accordance with their perceived needs.</p>

Meaning, Discourse and Society

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Teubert, Wolfgang

Words, Language & Grammar

Cambridge University Press

Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics (Open Linguistics)

Perspectives in Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics offers an introduction to words and corpus linguistics. From this foundation it explores the much wider issues that are inevitably raised but somehow marginalized in lexicology (the study of words) and corpus linguistics: how are individual words integrated into language? What are the real benefits of studying the large quantities of text now available in corpora? How do we best conceptualize meaning itself?

Halliday, M.A.K.

Cermáková, Anna

YALLOP, Colin

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Continuum

<p>Perspectives in Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics offers an introduction to words and corpus linguistics. From this foundation it explores the much wider issues that are inevitably raised but somehow marginalized in lexicology (the study of words) and cor</p>

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)

Stubbs, Michael

Mahlberg, Michaela

Hoey, Michael

This readable introductory textbook presents a concise survey of corpus linguistics. The first section of the book introduces the key concepts in corpus linguistics and provides a brief history of the discipline. The second section expands the study of language and shows how corpus linguistics can advance our study of words and meaning, the benefits of studying the corpora, and how meaning can best be conceptualised. Explaining corpus linguistics in easy to understand terms, and including a glossary and suggestions for further reading, this book will be useful to students trying to get a grasp on this subject.

Corpus Linguistics: A Short Introduction

Corpus Semantics: An Introduction (Corpus and Discourse)

This book presents an introduction to analysing semantics through corpus linguistics. Corpus linguistics involves the creation of large databases of natural language against which certain hypotheses can be tested. These corpora therefore enable language to be analysed objectively for semantic information. The chapters present an introduction to the main areas of corpus linguistics, including the design and compilation of corpora, and use of corpora within lexicography. The authors use this as a basis from which to introduce the key theories of meaning used in semantics, such as critical discourse analysis, social constructivism and hermeneutics.  This step-by-step introduction will be invaluable reading for students of corpus linguistics or semantics.

Continuum Intl Pub Group

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Meaning, Discourse and Society

Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics (Open Linguistics)

Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics (Open Linguistics)

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

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

Corpus Linguistics: A Short Introduction

Corpus Linguistics: A Short Introduction

Corpus Semantics: An Introduction (Corpus and Discourse)

Corpus Semantics: An Introduction (Corpus and Discourse)

Meaning, Discourse and Society