INTRODUCING ELECTRONIC TEXT ANALYSIS by Svenja Adolphs ( 9780415320214 )

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Title:

INTRODUCING ELECTRONIC TEXT ANALYSIS
A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES

By:

Svenja Adolphs

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0415320216

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9780415320214

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

5 June, 2006

Pages:

176

Description:

Provides a practical introduction to corpora bodies of linguistic data. Written for students studying this topic, this book begins with a discussion of the underlying principles of electronic text analysis. It examines how these corpora enhance our understanding of literary and non-literary works.

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Introducing Electronic Text Analysis is a practical and much needed introduction to corpora - bodies of linguistic data. Written specifically for students studying this topic for the first time, the book begins with a discussion of the underlying principles of electronic text analysis. It then examines how these corpora enhance our understanding of literary and non-literary works. In the first section the author introduces the concepts of concordance and lexical frequency, concepts which are then applied to a range of areas of language study. Key areas examined are the use of on-line corpora to complement traditional stylistic analysis, and the ways in which methods such as concordance and frequency counts can reveal a particular ideology within a text. Presenting an accessible and thorough understanding of the underlying principles of electronic text analysis, the book contains abundant illustrative examples and a glossary with definitions of main concepts. It will also be supported by a companion website with links to on-line corpora so that students can apply their knowledge to further study. The accompanying website to this book can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415320216

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12 black & white tables

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Routledge

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