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Section A of this book sets the scene for corpus-based language studies by focusing on the theoretical aspects of corpus linguistics and introducing key concepts in the field. This section is broken into ten units, each focusing on either a key concept in corpus linguistics or on a practical issue that may face the corpus builder or user. Unit 1 introduces corpus linguistics and answers questions such as 'What is a corpus?' and 'Why is a corpus-based approach important?' Unit 2 is concerned with such issues as representativeness, balance and sampling, while units 3 and 4 discuss corpus markup and annotation respectively. In unit 5 we introduce the multilingual dimension of corpus linguistics. Unit 6 seeks to raise readers' statistical awareness, an awareness which is essential in corpus-based language studies. Unit 7 introduces publicly available, well-known and influential corpora while unit 8 considers the important decisions and practical issues one may face when constructing a corpus. Unit 9 deals with copyright issues in corpus building. Finally, unit 10 explores the use of corpora in language studies. |
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Richard Xiao,
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