Words and Phrases
Corpus Studies of Lexical Semantics
1. Edition September 2001
288 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-20832-7
John Wiley & Sons
This book fills a gap in studies of meaning by providing detailed case studies of attested corpus data on the meanings of words and phrases.
Figures, Concordances and Tables.
Acknowledgements.
Data Conventions and Terminology.
Notes on Corpus Data and Software.
Introduction.
1. Words in Use: Introductory Examples.
2. Words, Phrases and Meanings: Basic Concepts.
3. Words in Phrases 1: Concepts, Data and Methods.
4. Words in Phrases 2: A Case Study of the Phraseology of
English.
5. Words in Texts 1: Words, Phrases and Text Cohesion.
6. Words in Texts 2: A Case Study of a Short Story.
7. Words in Culture 1: Case Studies of Cultural Keywords.
8. Words in Culture 2: Case Studies of Loan Words in
English.
9. Words, Phrases and Connotations: On Lexico-Grammar and
Evaluative Language.
10. Data and Dualisms: On Corpus Methods and Pluralist
Models.
Index.
Acknowledgements.
Data Conventions and Terminology.
Notes on Corpus Data and Software.
Introduction.
1. Words in Use: Introductory Examples.
2. Words, Phrases and Meanings: Basic Concepts.
3. Words in Phrases 1: Concepts, Data and Methods.
4. Words in Phrases 2: A Case Study of the Phraseology of
English.
5. Words in Texts 1: Words, Phrases and Text Cohesion.
6. Words in Texts 2: A Case Study of a Short Story.
7. Words in Culture 1: Case Studies of Cultural Keywords.
8. Words in Culture 2: Case Studies of Loan Words in
English.
9. Words, Phrases and Connotations: On Lexico-Grammar and
Evaluative Language.
10. Data and Dualisms: On Corpus Methods and Pluralist
Models.
Index.
"This invaluable book places words and their phraseology at the
centre of an account of language that covers meaning, discourse,
culture, and much more. The author successfully demystifies his own
discovery processes, providing the reader with tools for further
investigation. The book's clarity and depth make it indispensable
for students and researchers alike." Susan Hunston, University
of Birmingham
"Stubbs does a great job of demonstrating the use of corpus
techniques for the analysis of lexical semantics. He shows that it
is indeed possible to analyse meaning by looking at corpus data,
and that the way meaning is constructed through repeated patterns
of usage can only be investigated by doing so. His style is very
explicit, and his prose is easily readable. I well definitely be
using this book in my seminars next term." Oliver Mason,
Literary and Linguistic Computing
centre of an account of language that covers meaning, discourse,
culture, and much more. The author successfully demystifies his own
discovery processes, providing the reader with tools for further
investigation. The book's clarity and depth make it indispensable
for students and researchers alike." Susan Hunston, University
of Birmingham
"Stubbs does a great job of demonstrating the use of corpus
techniques for the analysis of lexical semantics. He shows that it
is indeed possible to analyse meaning by looking at corpus data,
and that the way meaning is constructed through repeated patterns
of usage can only be investigated by doing so. His style is very
explicit, and his prose is easily readable. I well definitely be
using this book in my seminars next term." Oliver Mason,
Literary and Linguistic Computing
Michael Stubbs is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Trier in Germany. He was Chair of BAAL (the British Association for Applied Linguistics) from 1988 to 1991. He has published widely on language in education, on text and discourse analysis, and on corpus linguistics. His previous books include Discourse Analysis (Blackwell 1983), Educational Linguistics (Blackwell 1986), and Text and Corpus Analysis (Blackwell 1996).