Corpus Applications in Applied Linguistics

'We may not be too far away from the day when reference to corpus data is a sine qua non for any linguistic description and investigation. This book provides an astonishingly successful step in this direction. The book bristles with powerful insights, good practical ideas, exciting theory-building, exemplifying on every page the practice of applied linguistics at its very best.' -- Professor Ronald Carter, School of English Studies, University of Nottingham The contributions to this volume showcase a number of exciting ways in which corpora of different types, consisting of spoken and written text produced by different groups of people, including native and non-native speakers, business professionals and academics, can be used to help us solve, or at least better understand, real-world problems that are of major concern to applied linguists. I would recommend the volume to researchers, practitioners and students who are looking for fresh views on current work in the field and new ideas for future projects in Applied Corpus Linguistics. -- Dr. Ute Romer, Georgia State University, USA Readers will find many interesting suggestions and ideas for future study and research... Each separate chapter makes a valid contribution to the general theme of using corpora in applied linguistics. -- Carmela Chateau, Universite de Bourgogne Linguist 20130816