The Lexical Approach Few contemporary books on English language teaching and methodology have made such an impact as ‘The Lexical Approach’. Proposes new directions for the way we teach grammar and vocabulary, and places Collocation and Idiom as two of its key tenets. Essential reading for all ESL/EFL teachers and professionals. By Michael Lewis - (LTP)   Order Now > Book     Implementing the Lexical Approach The logical sequel the highly acclaimed ‘Lexical Approach’. Includes a summary of the Lexical Approach, 30 sample exercise types and 50 classroom activities with their lexical focus explained. Demonstrates how lexis, phonology and grammar interact in ways which directly influence how learners store language. A stimulating read for teachers from all language backgrounds. By Michael Lewis - (LTP)   Order Now > Book       Patterns of Lexis in Text A highly acclaimed study of passages of authentic text to determine specific lexical patterns within these texts. The observations arrived at are then collated to produce a general theory of language, in which 'lexis' and 'text' are shown to be important levels of language organization. Also discusses the implications of the findings for the teaching of Reading and Writing. By Michael Hoey - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Pattern Grammar. A corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English (Studies in Corpus Linguistics) Describes an approach to lexis and grammar based on the concept of ‘Phraseology’ and of ‘Language Patterning’ arising from work on large corpora. Covers the research that led to Collins Cobuild English Dictionary (1995) and the Collins Cobuild Grammar Patters series (1996,1998) and examines the practical and theoretical implications of the research. By Susan Hunston, Gill Francis - (John Benjamins Pub Co)   Order Now > Book       Words and Phrases : Corpus Studies of Lexical Semantics (Language in Society) 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. It places lexis and phraseology at the centre of semantics and pragmatics. Words and Phrases starts from traditional concepts of lexical semantics, including meaning as use, denotation and connotation, lexical field, sense relations, phraseology and collocation. It also uses innovative corpus data to explore these concepts with an exciting new technology. The main chapters are detailed case studies of words in collocations, words in texts and words in culture. Concluding chapters discuss the implications of corpus analysis for linguistic theory, especially lexico-grammar and theories of competence and performance. By Michael Stubbs - (Blackwell Publishers)   Order Now > Book       Corpus Linguistics (Edinburgh Textbooks in Empirical Linguistics) Corpus Linguistics has quickly established itself as the leading undergraduate course book in the subject. This second edition takes full account of the latest developments in this rapidly changing field, making this book the most up-to-date and comprehensive textbook available. It gives a step-by-step introduction to what a corpus is, how corpora are constructed, and what can be done with them. By Tony McEnery, Andrew Wilson - (Edinburgh Univ Pr)   Order Now > Book       An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics Covers all aspects of the field of Corpus Linguistics, from the different types of electronic corpora available today, to instructions on how to design and compile a corpus. The author surveys the emergence of corpora for use in linguistic research, and focuses in particular on the exponential growth of computer corpora in the electronic age. By Graeme D. Kennedy - (Longman)   Order Now > Book       Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing Comprehensive introduction to statistical natural language processing (NLP). Provides broad but rigorous coverage of mathematical and linguistic foundations, with a detailed discussion of statistical methods. The book covers collocation finding, word sense disambiguation, probabilistic parsing, information retrieval, and other applications. By Christopher D. Manning (Preface), Hinrich Schutze (Preface) - (MIT Press)   Order Now > Book       Natural Language Understanding From a leading authority in artificial intelligence, this book delivers a synthesis of the major modern techniques and the most current research in natural language processing. The approach is unique in its coverage of semantic interpretation and discourse alongside the foundational material in syntactic processing. By James Allen - (Addison-Wesley Pub Co)   Order Now > Book       Corpus Linguistics : Investigating Language Structure and Use (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics) Investigates the ways people use language in speech and writing. It introduces the corpus-based approach to the study of language, based on analysis of large databases of real language examples and illustrates exciting new findings about language and the different ways that people speak and write. The book is important both for its step-by-step descriptions of research methods and for its findings about grammar and vocabulary, language use, language learning, and differences in language use across texts and user groups. By Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, Randi Reppen - (CUP)   Order Now > Book       English Corpus Linguistics (Studies in English Language) A comprehensive study of Corpus Linguistics and its application in contemporary English. A thoughtful analysis of this emerging area of interest for linguists and teachers alike. By Charles F. Meyer - (CUP)   Order Now > Book     Back to Bookstore More