The Role Of Corpus Linguistics In The Ethnography Of A Closed Community

Author : Kieran Harrington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351216098

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The Role of Corpus Linguistics in the Ethnography of a Closed Community by Kieran Harrington Pdf

The Role of Corpus Linguistics in the Ethnography of a Closed Community analyses the interactions of immigrants within an Irish reception centre for asylum seekers to highlight the instinctive resourcefulness of people who are faced with the challenge of communicating when there is no common language or culture. Based on three years of ethnographical observation and using an illuminating and innovative blending of applied methodologies, chiefly corpus linguistics, ethnography and conversation analysis, this book: Draws upon a corpus of 98,000 words; Examines the use of English in the interactions of residents with one another and those with English speaking staff of the centre; Challenges constructs such as speech community, communicative competence and interlanguage. This book is essential reading for academics and upper-level undergraduates or graduates working in the areas of Corpus Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and those interested in research methodologies. It will also prove to be of significant interest to people interested in migration studies and to providers of English language education to immigrants.

Author : Anne O'Keeffe,Michael J. McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429632648

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The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics by Anne O'Keeffe,Michael J. McCarthy Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics 2e provides an updated overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Over a decade on from the first edition of the Handbook, this collection of 47 chapters from experts in key areas offers a comprehensive introduction to both the development and use of corpora as well as their ever-evolving applications to other areas, such as digital humanities, sociolinguistics, stylistics, translation studies, materials design, language teaching and teacher development, media discourse, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, second language acquisition and testing. The new edition updates all core chapters and includes new chapters on corpus linguistics and statistics, digital humanities, translation, phonetics and phonology, second language acquisition, social media and theoretical perspectives. Chapters provide annotated further reading lists and step-by-step guides as well as detailed overviews across a wide range of themes. The Handbook also includes a wealth of case studies that draw on some of the many new corpora and corpus tools that have emerged in the last decade. Organised across four themes, moving from the basic start-up topics such as corpus building and design to analysis, application and reflection, this second edition remains a crucial point of reference for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars in applied linguistics.

Author : Kieran Harrington,Patricia Ronan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031112201

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Demystifying Corpus Linguistics for English Language Teaching by Kieran Harrington,Patricia Ronan Pdf

The aim of this edited volume is to demystify corpus linguistics for use in English language teaching (ELT). It advocates the inclusion of corpus linguistics in the classroom as part of an approach to ELT in which students engage with naturally occurring language. The first chapter provides a basic but essential introduction to corpus linguistics, including sections on corpora and corpus methods, and this is followed by a review of the use of corpus linguistics in ELT. Chapters on the traditional ELT strands of skills, vocabulary and grammar as well as chapters on pluricentric approaches (on language and culture, World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca) flow naturally from the second chapter, which reports on a survey of the attitudes of trainee teacher to the use of corpus linguistics in the ELT classroom. The final two chapters show how the work of corpus linguists can benefit classroom teacher preparation, materials development and textbook writing. This book will be of interest not only to academics in fields such as English Language Teaching, Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics, but also to educators of teacher-trainees and teacher-trainees themselves, as well as teachers who are looking for new interactive approaches to ELT.

Author : Paul Baker,Gavin Brookes,Craig Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429534959

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The Language of Patient Feedback by Paul Baker,Gavin Brookes,Craig Evans Pdf

The Language of Patient Feedback provides a unique insight into a diverse range of issues related to healthcare. Through the comprehensive and detailed interrogation of 29 million words of online patient feedback on the NHS in England, as well as 11 million words of responses to the feedback from NHS providers, this book: Uses a combination of computer-assisted and human analysis (Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis) to examine the extent to which characteristics like age and gender result in different types of evaluation. Investigates why nurses, doctors, dentists and receptionists are associated with very distinct types of feedback. Demonstrates the ways that NHS staff respond to comments and what this reveals about underlying institutional ideologies and practices. Concludes with suggestions for key recommendations that the NHS could act upon to improve the overall level of care it provides, as well as reflecting on what patient evaluation can actually tell us. The Language of Patient Feedback is key reading for anyone undertaking research within corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and health communication.

Author : Angela Farrell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780429758287

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Corpus Perspectives on the Spoken Models used by EFL Teachers by Angela Farrell Pdf

Corpus Perspectives on the Spoken Models used by EFL Teachers illustrates the key principles and practical guidelines for the design and exploitation of corpora for classroom-based research. Focusing on the nature of the spoken English used by L2 teachers, which serves as an implicit target model for learners alongside the curriculum model, this book brings an innovative perspective to the on-going academic debate concerning the models of spoken English that are taught today. Based on research carried out in the EFL classroom in Ireland, this book: explores issues and challenges that arise from the use of "non-standard" varieties of spoken English by teachers, alongside the use of Standard British English, and examines the controversies surrounding sociolinguistic approaches to the study of variation in spoken English; combines quantitative corpus linguistic investigations with qualitative functional discourse analytic approaches from pragmatics and SLA for classroom-based research; demonstrates the ways in which changing trends and perspectives surrounding spoken English may be filtering down to the classroom level. Drawing on a corpus of 60,000 words and highlighting strategies and techniques that can be applied by researchers and teachers to their own research context, this book is key reading for all pre- and in-service teachers of EFL as well as researchers in this field.

Author : Alissa Ruth,Amber Wutich,H. Russell Bernard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781003809609

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The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods by Alissa Ruth,Amber Wutich,H. Russell Bernard Pdf

The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors presents diverse pedagogical approaches to teaching 71 qualitative and mixed methods. These tried-and-true methods are widely applicable to those teaching and those being trained in qualitative and mixed-methods research. The methods for data collection cover ethics, sampling, interviewing, recording observations of behavior, Indigenous and decolonizing methods and methodologies as well as visual and participatory methods. Methods for analyzing data include coding and finding themes, exploratory and inductive analysis, linguistic analysis, mixed-methods analysis, and comparative analysis. Each method has its own 1,500-word lesson (i.e., chapter) written by expert methodologists from around the globe. In these lessons, contributors give the reader a brief history of the method and describe how they teach it by including their best practices—with succinct, step-by-step instructions—focusing on student-centered experiential and active learning exercises. This comprehensive, one-of a-kind text is an essential reference for instructors who teach qualitative and/or mixed methods across the Social and Behavioral Sciences and other related disciplines, including Anthropology, Sociology, Education, and Health/Nursing research.

Author : Carolina P. Amador-Moreno
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317623762

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Orality in Written Texts by Carolina P. Amador-Moreno Pdf

Shortlisted for the 2020 ESSE Book Award in English Language and Linguistics Orality in Written Texts provides a methodologically and theoretically innovative study of change in Irish English in the period 1700-1900. Focusing in on a time during which Ireland became overwhelmingly English-speaking, the book traces the use of various linguistic features of Irish English in different historical contexts and over time. This book: draws on data from the Corpus of Irish English Correspondence (CORIECOR), which is composed of personal letters to and from Irish emigrants from the start of the eighteenth century up until the end of the twentieth century; analyses linguistic features that have hitherto remained neglected in the literature on Irish English, including discourse-pragmatic markers, and deictic and pronominal forms; discusses how the survival of the pragmatic mode has resulted in the preservation of certain facets of the Irish English variety as known today; explores sociolinguistic issues from a historical perspective. With direct relevance to corpus-based literary studies as well as the exploration of hybrid, modern-day text forms, Orality in Written Texts is key reading for advanced students and researchers of corpus linguistics, varieties of English, language change and historical linguistics, as well as anyone interested in learning more about Irish history and migration.

Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780198856153

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The Oxford Handbook of Irish English by Raymond Hickey Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the range of varieties of English spoken on the island of Ireland, featuring information on their historical background, structural features, and sociolinguistic considerations. The first part of the volume explores English and Irish in their historical framework as well as current issues of contact and bilingualism. Chapters in Part II and Part III investigate the structures and use of Irish English today, from pronunciation and grammar to discourse-pragmatic markers and politeness strategies, alongside studies of specific varieties such as Urban English in Northern Ireland and the Irish English spoken in Dublin, Galway, and Cork. Part IV focuses on the Irish diaspora, with chapters covering topics including Newfoundland Irish English and Irish influence on Australian English, while the final part looks at the wider context, such as the language of Irish Travellers and Irish Sign Language. The handbook also features a detailed glossary of key terms, and will be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in varieties of English, Irish studies, sociolinguistics, and social and cultural history.

Author : Sarah Buschfeld
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031284052

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Multilingualism by Sarah Buschfeld Pdf

Author : Michael Mccarthy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429516719

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Innovations and Challenges in Grammar by Michael Mccarthy Pdf

Innovations and Challenges in Grammar traces the history of common understandings of what grammar is and where it came from to demonstrate how ‘rules’ are anything but fixed and immutable. In doing so, it deconstructs the notion of ‘correctness’ to show how grammar changes over time thereby exposing the social and historical forces that mould and change usage. The questions that this book grapples with are: Can we separate grammar from the other features of the language system and get a handle on it as an independent entity? Why should there be strikingly different notions and models of grammar? Are they (in)compatible? Which one or ones fit(s) best the needs of applied linguists if we assume that applied linguists address real-world problems through the lens of language? And which one(s) could make most sense to non-specialists? If grammar is not a fixed entity but a set of usage norms in constant flux, how can we persuade other professionals and the general public that this is a positive observation rather than a threat to civilised behaviour? This book draws upon both historical and modern grammars from across the globe to provide a multi-layered picture of world grammar. It will be useful to teachers and researchers of English as a first and second language, though the inclusion of examples from and occasional references to other languages (French, Spanish, Malay, Swedish, Russian, Welsh, Burmese, Japanese) is intended to broaden the appeal to teachers and researchers of other languages. It will be of use to final-year undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students as well as secondary and tertiary level teachers and researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and grammar pedagogy.

Author : Judith Kaplan-Weinger,Char Ullman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136341243

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Methods for the Ethnography of Communication by Judith Kaplan-Weinger,Char Ullman Pdf

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces students to the field of ethnography of communication, and takes them through the recursive and nonlinear cycle of ethnographic research. Drawing on the mnemonic that Hymes used to develop the Ethnography of SPEAKING, the authors introduce the innovative CULTURES framework to provide a helpful structure for moving through the complex process of collecting and analyzing ethnographic data and addresses the larger "how-to" questions that students struggle with when undertaking ethnographic research. Exercises and activities help students make the connection between communicative events, acts, and situations and ways of studying them ethnographically. Integrating a primary focus on language in use within an ethnographic framework makes this book an invaluable core text for courses on ethnography of communication and related areas in a variety of disciplines.

Author : Ofelia García,Nelson Flores (Linguist),Massimiliano Spotti
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190212896

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The Oxford Handbook of Language and Society by Ofelia García,Nelson Flores (Linguist),Massimiliano Spotti Pdf

Contributors explore a range of sociolinguistic topics, including language variation, language ideologies, bi/multilingualism, language policy, linguistic landscapes, and multimodality. Each chapter provides a critical overview of the limitations of modernist positivist perspectives, replacing them with novel, up-to-date ways of theorizing and researching. [Publisher]

Author : Netta Avineri,Jesse Harasta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030769000

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Metalinguistic Communities by Netta Avineri,Jesse Harasta Pdf

This edited volume brings together ten compelling ethnographic case studies from a range of global settings to explore how people build metalinguistic communities defined not by use of a language, but primarily by language ideologies and symbolic practices about the language. The authors examine themes of agency, belonging, negotiating hegemony, and combating cultural erasure and genocide in cultivating meaningful metalinguistic communities. Case studies include Spanish and Hebrew in the USA, Kurdish in Japan, Pataxó Hãhãhãe in Brazil, and Gallo in France. The afterword, by Wesley L. Leonard, provides theoretical and on-the-ground context as well as a forward-looking focus on metalinguistic futurities. This book will be of interest to interdisciplinary students and scholars in applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology and migration studies.

Author : Richard Bauman,Joel Sherzer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1989-10-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521379334

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Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking by Richard Bauman,Joel Sherzer Pdf

Classic case studies surveying the use, role and function of language and speech in social life.

Author : Rachel Wicaksono,Dasha Zhurauskaya
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137558398

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York's Hidden Stories by Rachel Wicaksono,Dasha Zhurauskaya Pdf

This book explores the mechanics of storytelling within a study aimed at focusing on a ‘hidden’ population of migrants in the city of York, UK. Taking applied linguistics to mean the consideration of real-world ‘problems’ as identified by a ‘client’, in which the use of (and beliefs about) language is a significant component, the authors describe the benefits and challenges of working in a partnership with a community organisation. With project participants from Africa, Europe, Asia and South and Central America who had lived in York between two and fifty years, the study considers the co-construction of meaning in interviews from a range of practical and theoretical perspectives. The book will be of interest to students, academic researchers and community project leaders who are interested in migration stories and interviews as a method of data collection.