Exploring English with Online Corpora

Resumen del libro

A corpus is a collection of texts often used by students to study language. Increasingly this is done online and so this introduction is an essential guide to using these resources. Language students all have to use electronic resources and data, and this guide gives them the tools to do this.

This book covers different levels of language including lexis, grammar, phonology and discourse. It features a range of interactive tasks to engage the beginning student, as well as a helpful glossary and further reading section.Never before have so many resources been available to support the teaching of English. With clear descriptions and interactive tasks, this introduction demonstrates how online corpora can be used in the teaching and learning of English at different linguistic levels, including vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation.