This edited collection brings together contemporary research that uses corpus linguistics to carry out discourse analysis. The book takes an inclusive view of the meaning of discourse, covering different text-types or modes of language, including discourse as both social practice and as ideology or representation.

About the Author
Svenja Adolphs, University of Nottingham, UK Karin Aijmer, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Paul Baker, Lancaster University, UK Monika Bednarek, University of Sydney, Australia Cinzia Bevitori, University of Bologna, Italy Ron Carter, University of Nottingham, UK Jack A. Hardy, Emory University, USA Kevin Harvey, University of Nottingham, UK Darryl Hocking, AUT University, New Zealand Daniel Hunt, Queen Mary University of London, UK Sally Hunt, Rhodes University, South Africa Dawn Knight, Cardiff University, UK Tony McEnery, Lancaster University, UK Dan McIntyre, University of Huddersfield, UK Alan Partington, Bologna University, Italy Amanda Potts, Lancaster University, UK Brian Walker, University of Huddersfield, UK

Reviews

"This book is arranged in an accessible and logical way, and it deserves a wide readership. It is clearly structured and well placed to achieve its goal of showing how a corpus linguistic approach can be merged into various discourse analyses, making it a valuable contribution to current cross-disciplinary studies in language and communication. It can be recommended to faculty and to students who are interested in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis and sociolinguistics." (Peng Yongmei, Discourse Studies, Vol. 18 (6), 2016)

"For researchers, the book is an up-to-date summary of corpus-driven discourse analysis, and one may find the thorough methodological sections of each chapter helpful in guiding his/her own research. ... Throughout the volume, there are many interesting and useful discussions on particular challenges raised by the integration of corpus methods and discourse studies. ... scholars of corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and other contingent disciplines would find this book valuable reading with important insights for future research practices." (Sibo Chen, LINGUIST List, linguistlist.org, March, 2016)

Book Information
ISBN 9781137431721
Author Anthony McEnery
Format Hardback
Page Count 310
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan