Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics

Name: Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Corpus Linguistics for PragmaticsA guide for research\nAuthor(s): Christoph Rhlemann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138718784, 978-1138718784\nSynopsis\nCorpus Linguistics for Pragmatics provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to the growing field of corpus pragmatics. Taking a hands-on approach to showcase the applications of corpora in the exploration of core topics within pragmatics, this book:\n\n covers six key areas of corpus-pragmatic research including speech acts, deixis, pragmatic markers, evaluation, conversational structure, and multimodality;\n\n demonstrates the use of freely-available corpora, corpus interfaces and corpus analysis tools to conduct original pragmatic analyses;\n\n is accompanied by an e-resource which hosts multimodal data sets for additional exercises.\n\nFeaturing case studies and practical tasks within each chapter, Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics is an essential.