Despite a mere decade of existence, the field of computer learner corpus (CLC) research
has been the focus of so much active international work that it seems worth taking a …

Corpus linguistics is the study of language data on a large scale-the computer-aided
analysis of very extensive collections of transcribed utterances or written texts. This textbook …

My first encounters with formulaic language date back to the mid 1990s during my time as a
teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) …

This paper reports the extension of the key words method for the comparison of corpora.
Using automatic tagging software that assigns part-of-speech and semantic field (domain) …

This paper describes a method of comparing corpora which uses frequency profiling. The
method can be used to discover key words in the corpora which differentiate one corpus …

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics consists of introductory level textbooks
covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, designed for those entering postgraduate …

This thesis reports the development of a new kind of method and tool (Matrix) for advancing
the statistical analysis of electronic corpora of linguistic data. First, we describe the standard …

The potential for corpora in language learning has attracted a significant amount of attention
in recent years, including in the form of data-driven learning (DDL). Careful not to appear to …

Electronic language corpora, and their attendant computer software, are proving
increasingly influential in language teaching as sources of language descriptions and …

Academic Discourse presents a collection of specially commissioned articles on the theme
of academic discourse. Divided into sections covering the main approaches, each begins …