There are many different ways in which modern Corpus Linguistics can be used to enrich
and broaden our understanding of legal discourse. Based on the central principle of co …

Do you use language corpora in your research or study, but find that you struggle with
statistics? This practical introduction will equip you to understand the key principles of …

Corpora are widely used in linguistics, but not always wisely. This book attempts to frame
corpus linguistics systematically as a variant of the observational method. The first part …

This chapter discusses methodological issues relating to keyness analysis, and addresses a
number of interconnected themes. It offers awareness of relevant methodological choices …

In this article, we examine the notion of 'framing'as a function of metaphor from three
interrelated perspectives—cognitive, discourse-based, and practice-based—with the aim of …

The breadth and spread of corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) indicate its usefulness
for exploring language use within a social context. However, its theoretical foundations …

This book presents the methodology, findings and implications of a large-scale corpus-
based study of the metaphors used to talk about cancer and the end of life (including care at …

Objective To compare the frequencies with which patients with cancer and health
professionals use Violence and Journey metaphors when writing online; and to investigate …

In 2012, four days before Valentine's Day, I was contacted by a journalist who worked for an
international newspaper. He was writing an article 'on linguistic differences between men …

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 …