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This book is a selection of studies presented at the 33rd International Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME), hosted by the University of Leuven (30 May - 3 June 2012). The strictly refereed and extensively revised contributions collected here represent recent advances in corpus linguistics, both in the development of specialist corpora and in ways of exploiting them for specific purposes. The first part focuses on “Corpus development and corpus interrogation” and features papers on the compilation of new, highly specialized corpora which aim to fill gaps in historical databases, and on new ways of extracting relevant patterns automatically from computerized datasets. The second part, devoted to “Specialist corpora”, presents detailed descriptive studies on grammatical patterns in World Englishes, on neology, and – using a contrastive approach – on prepositions and cohesive conjunctions. The third and final part on “Second language acquisition” groups together studies situated at the intersection of corpus linguistics and educational linguistics and dealing with markers of relevance and lesser relevance in lectures, deceptive cognates, the automatic annotation of native and non-native uses of demonstrative this and that , and measuring learners’ progress in speech and in writing. Each contribution in its own way reports on novel ways of getting mileage out of specialist corpora, and collectively the contributions attest to the rude health of computerized corpus linguistic studies.

Corpora (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistique --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpora (Linguistics) - Congresses

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The papers published in this volume were originally presented at the Sixth International Conference on Teaching and Language Corpora (4-7 July 2004 Granada, Spain) and reflect the latest developments that have taken place in the field of the teaching applications of text corpora, with a special emphasis on their use in the foreign language classroom. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section sets the scene for what this collection of essays aims to be. It deals with the issue of what corpus linguistics can do not only for the understanding of the nature of language itself but also for so fundamental and miraculous a matter such as language learning and language acquisition. The second section tackles the issues of corpus design and corpus exploitation and provides the reader with a great variety of evidence in favour of corpora exploitation for the building of a successful teaching environment. The final section deals with practical applications of corpora in the foreign language classroom. Although each of the papers here reports particular experiences in very different teaching and learning contexts, as a whole they show that corpora can be used on the spot in a language teaching context by teachers and learners without extensive training in computational tools, and studies of linguistics features can be tailored to specific pedagogic context and learning requirements. The book represents a solid contribution to linguistic studies and language teaching and it is a good example of the diversity of the scientific lines in which corpus linguistics is involved at the present moment.

Language and languages --- Corpora (Linguistics) --- Translating and interpreting --- Computational linguistics --- Computer-assisted instruction --- Data processing --- Interpretation and translation --- Interpreting and translating --- Literature --- Translation and interpretation --- Translators --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Translating --- Conferences - Meetings --- Computational linguistics -- Congresses. --- Corpora (Linguistics) -- Congresses. --- Language and languages -- Computer-assisted instruction -- Congresses. --- Translating and interpreting -- Data processing -- Congresses. --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Data processing. --- Language and languages - Computer-assisted instruction - Congresses. --- Corpora (Linguistics) - Congresses. --- Translating and interpreting - Data processing - Congresses. --- Computational linguistics - Congresses.

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This volume presents current state-of-the-art discussions in corpus-based linguistic research of the English language. The papers deal with Present-day English, worldwide varieties of English and the history of the English language. A special focus of the volume are studies in the broad field of corpus pragmatics and corpus-based discourse analysis. It includes corpus-based studies of speech acts, conversational routines, referential expressions and thought styles, as well as studies on the lexis, grammar and semantics of English. And it also includes several studies on technical aspects of corpus compilation, fieldwork and parsing.

Corpora (Linguistics) --- 800:311 --- 802.0-56 --- 800:311 Kwantitatieve linguistiek. Computerlinguistiek --- Kwantitatieve linguistiek. Computerlinguistiek --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Conferences - Meetings --- English language --- Germanic languages --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Discourse analysis --- Data processing --- Corpora (Linguistics) - Congresses

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Over the years the use of computers for research has become increasingly important in Biblical Studies. However, a combination of computational linguistics with diachronic text-critical and text-historical approaches has hardly ever taken place. Quite often, there is mutual misunderstanding between computational linguistics and more traditional approaches in the field of linguistics and textual analysis. For example, in computer-assisted research of modern text corpora it is common to treat the text as an unequivocal and unidimensional sequence of characters. In Biblical Studies, however, either text is considered an abstraction, the result of a scholarly reconstruction based on the extant textual witnesses. Here a fundamental difference in approach reveals itself. The present volume tries to overcome the misunderstanding between the various disciplines and to establish how a fruitful interaction of information technology, linguistics and textual criticism, can contribute to the analysis of ancient texts. It addresses questions concerning the confrontation between synchronic and diachronic approaches, the role of linguistic analysis in the interpretation of texts, and the interaction of linguistic theory and the analysis of linguistic data. The first section of this volume contains the papers presented at the CALAP seminar 2003. In the second section different aspects of the interdisciplinary analysis are applied to a selected passage from the Peshitta of Kings.

Corpora (Linguistics) --- Criticism, Textual --- Bible. --- Versions --- Peshitta --- 221.014*2 --- 221.014*2 Oud Testament: geschiedenis van grondtekst en oude vertalingen --- Oud Testament: geschiedenis van grondtekst en oude vertalingen --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Hebrew language --- Computer-assisted instruction. --- CAI (Computer-assisted instruction) --- Computer-aided instruction --- Computer-assisted learning --- Computer based instruction --- Computer-enhanced learning --- Electronic data processing in programmed instruction --- ILSs (Integrated learning systems) --- Integrated learning systems --- Microcomputer-aided instruction --- Microcomputer-assisted instruction --- Microcomputer-assisted learning --- Microcomputer-based instruction --- Teaching --- Education --- Educational technology --- Programmed instruction --- Telematics --- Jewish language --- Jews --- Semitic languages, Northwest --- Data processing --- Data processing. --- Languages --- Computer-assisted instruction --- Palaia Diathēk --- Epic poetry, Greek Criticism, Textual --- Corpora (Linguistics) - Congresses. --- Criticism, Textual - Congresses.