Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis

This book examines approaches to carrying out discourse analysis (DA) using techniques that are grounded in corpus linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge of corpora, the book examines and evaluates a variety of corpus-based methodologies inclu

Paul Baker is Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, University of Lancaster

Chapter 1 Introduction

1

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Corpus Linguistics

1

(2)

Discourse

3

(2)

The shift to post-structuralism

5

(5)

Advantages of the corpus-based approach to discourse analysis

10

(7)

Reducing researcher bias

10

(3)

The incremental effect of discourse

13

(1)

Resistant and changing discourses

14

(1)

Triangulation

15

(2)

Some concerns

17

(4)

Structure of the book

21

(2)

Notes

23

(2)

Chapter 2 Corpus Building

25

(22)

Introduction

25

(1)

Some types of corpora

26

(5)

Capturing data

31

(7)

Scanning and keying in

34

(1)

Spoken Texts

35

(1)

Online texts

36

(1)

Permissions

37

(1)

Annotation

38

(5)

Using a reference corpus

43

(2)

Conclusion

45

(1)

Notes

45

(2)

Chapter 3 Frequency and Dispersion

47

(24)

Introduction

47

(2)

Join the club

49

(2)

Frequency counts

51

(5)

Considering clusters

56

(3)

Dispersion plots

59

(3)

Comparing demographic frequencies

62

(5)

Conclusion

67

(1)

Notes

68

(3)

Chapter 4 Concordances

71

(24)

Introduction

71

(2)

Investigating discourses of refugees

73

(4)

Sorting concordances

77

(8)

Analysing the remainder

85

(2)

Semantic preference and discourse prosody

87

(3)

Points of concern

90

(3)

Step-by-step guide to concordance analysis

93

(1)

Notes

94

(1)

Chapter 5 Collocates

95

(26)

Introduction

95

(5)

Deriving collocates

100

(4)

Identifying discourses from collocates

104

(9)

Resistant discourses

113

(3)

Collocational networks

116

(2)

Conclusion

118

(1)

Step-by-step guide to collocational analysis

119

(1)

Notes

120

(1)

Chapter 6 Keyness

121

(32)

Frequency revisited

121

(4)

Introducing keyness

125

(3)

Analysis of keywords

128

(10)

Using a reference corpus

138

(4)

Key clusters

142

(3)

Key categories

145

(3)

Possible uses of keywords

148

(2)

Conclusion

150

(1)

Notes

150

(3)

Chapter 7 Beyond Collocation

153

(24)

Introduction

153

(2)

Nominalization

155

(7)

Searching with grammatical tags

157

(2)

Collocations of grammatical forms

159

(3)

Modality

162

(2)

Attribution

164

(4)

Metaphor

168

(7)

Further directions

175

(1)

Notes

176

(1)

Chapter 8 Conclusion

177

(10)

Corpus building

178

(2)

Corpus analysis

180

(5)

Notes

185

(2)

References

187

(8)

Index

195

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