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Author(s): Lynne Bowker
ISBN(s): 9780585453262, 0585453268
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.29 MB
Year: 2002
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0585453268 
ISBN 13: 9780585453262
Author: Lynne Bowker

Working with Specialized Language: a practical guide to using corpora introduces the principles of using corpora when studying specialized language. The resources and techniques used to investigate general language cannot be easily adopted for specialized investigations. This book is designed for users of language for special purposes (LSP). Providing guidelines and practical advice, it enables LSP users to design, build and exploit corpus resources that meet their specialized language needs. Highly practical and accessible, the book includes exercises, a glossary and an appendix describing relevant resources and corpus-analysis software. Working with Specialized Language is ideal for translators, technical writers and subject specialists who are interested in exploring the potential of a corpus-based approach to teaching and learning LSP.

Working with Specialized Language A Practical Guide to Using Corpora 1stTable of contents:

Part I: Understanding Corpora and Specialized Language

  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Specialized Language and Corpora
    • What is Specialized Language?
    • What are Corpora?
    • Why Use Corpora for Specialized Language?
    • Overview of the Book
  • Chapter 2: Types of Corpora for Specialized Language
    • Monolingual Corpora
    • Comparable Corpora
    • Parallel Corpora
    • Specialized vs. General Corpora
    • Building Your Own Corpus
  • Chapter 3: Key Concepts in Corpus Linguistics
    • Frequency and Lexical Richness
    • Collocation and Colligation
    • Concordance and Keyword in Context (KWIC)
    • N-grams and Patterns
    • Measuring Significance

Part II: Tools and Techniques for Corpus Analysis

  • Chapter 4: Corpus Software and Tools
    • Introduction to Popular Corpus Analysis Tools (e.g., WordSmith Tools, AntConc, Sketch Engine)
    • Basic Functions: Loading Corpora, Searching
    • Advanced Functions: Creating Wordlists, Collocate Extraction
    • Open-Source vs. Commercial Tools
  • Chapter 5: Working with Wordlists and Frequency Data
    • Generating Wordlists
    • Analyzing Word Frequencies
    • Identifying Key Terms
    • Comparing Wordlists Across Corpora
  • Chapter 6: Exploring Collocations and Phraseology
    • What are Collocations?
    • Methods for Extracting Collocations
    • Interpreting Collocation Data
    • Identifying Domain-Specific Phrases and Idioms
  • Chapter 7: Analyzing Concordances and KWIC Displays
    • Understanding Concordance Lines
    • Using Concordances for Meaning Derivation
    • Identifying Grammatical Patterns
    • Recognizing Register-Specific Language Features

Part III: Applications of Corpora in Specialized Language Work

  • Chapter 8: Corpora for Specialized Translation
    • Using Monolingual Corpora for Terminology Extraction
    • Leveraging Comparable Corpora for Equivalence Finding
    • Exploiting Parallel Corpora for Translation Memory Creation and Alignment
    • Corpora and Translator Training
  • Chapter 9: Corpora for Terminology Management and Lexicography
    • Extracting Candidate Terms from Corpora
    • Validating Terminology
    • Building Specialized Dictionaries and Glossaries
    • Corpora in Terminological Research
  • Chapter 10: Corpora for Technical Writing and Communication
    • Identifying Audience-Specific Language
    • Improving Clarity and Conciseness
    • Analyzing Genre Conventions
    • Corpora for Language Teaching and Learning in Specialized Domains
  • Chapter 11: Corpora for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) Research
    • Investigating Linguistic Features of Specialized Genres
    • Analyzing Discourse Patterns
    • Identifying Language Variation and Change in Specialized Domains
    • Future Directions in LSP Corpus Research

Part IV: Practical Considerations and Future Directions

  • Chapter 12: Building and Managing Specialized Corpora
    • Corpus Design Principles
    • Data Collection and Pre-processing
    • Annotation and Tagging
    • Ethical Considerations in Corpus Building
  • Chapter 13: Challenges and Limitations of Corpus Use
    • Corpus Size and Representativeness
    • Data Quality Issues
    • Interpreting Corpus Data Critically
    • The Human Element in Corpus Analysis
  • Chapter 14: The Future of Corpora in Specialized Language
    • Advances in Corpus Linguistics Tools and Methodologies
    • The Role of AI and Machine Learning
    • Emerging Applications and Research Areas
    • Continuing Education and Resources

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