Data and Methods in Corpus Linguistics (eBook, PDF)

Comparative Approaches
Redaktion: Schutzler, Ole

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Corpus linguistics continues to be a vibrant methodology applied across highly diverse fields of research in the language sciences. With the current steep rise in corpus sizes, computational power, statistical literacy and multi-purpose software tools, and inspired by neighbouring disciplines, approaches have diversified to an extent that calls for an intensification of the accompanying critical debate. Bringing together a team of leading experts, this book follows a unique design, comparing advanced methods and approaches current in corpus linguistics, to stimulate reflective evaluation and discussion. Each chapter explores the strengths and weaknesses of different datasets and techniques, presenting a case study and allowing readers to gauge methodological options in practice. Contributions also provide suggestions for further reading, and data and analysis scripts are included in an online appendix. This is an important and timely volume, and will be essential reading for any linguist interested in corpus-linguistic approaches to variation and change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108606929
• Artikelnr.: 66178742

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements;
Introduction: Comparative Approaches to Data and Methods in Corpus
Linguistics Julia Schlüter and Ole Schützler; Part I. Corpus dimensions and
the viability of methodological approaches; 1.Comparing standard reference
corpora and Google Books Ngrams: Strengths, limitations and synergies in
the contrastive study of variable h- in British and American English Lukas
Sönning and Julia Schlüter; 2. Comparing approaches to phonological and
orthographic corpus formats: Revisiting the Principle of Rhythmic
Alternation Sabine Arndt-Lappe and Sebastian Hoffmann; Part II. Selection,
calibration and preparation of corpus data; 3. Comparing approaches to
(sub-)register variation: The 'press editorials' sections in the British,
Canadian and Jamaican components of ICE Fabian Vetter; 4. Comparing
baselines for corpus analysis: Research into the get-passive in speech and
writing Sean Wallis and Seth Mehl; 5. Comparing study designs and
down-sampling strategies in corpus analysis: The importance of speaker
metadata in the BNCs of 1994 and 2014 Lukas Sönning and Manfred Krug; Part
III. Perspectives on multifactorial methods; 6. Comparing generalised
linear mixed-effects models, generalised linear mixed-effects model trees
and random forests: Filled and unfilled pauses in varieties of English
Tobias Bernaisch; 7. Comparing logistic regression, multinomial regression,
classification trees and random forests applied to ternary variables:
Three-way genitive variation in English Matthew Fahy, Jesse Egbert,
Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Douglas Biber; 8. Comparing Bayesian and
frequentist models of language variation: The case of help + (tö)infinitive
Natalia Levshina; 9. Comparing methods for the evaluation of clusters in
multidimensional analyses: Concessive constructions in varieties of English
Ole Schützler; Part IV. Applications of classification-based approaches;
10. Comparing corpus-driven and corpus-based approaches to diachronic
variation: Grammatical changes in Late Modern and Present-Day English
Gerold Schneider; 11. Comparing annotation types and n-gram sizes: A case
study of the German modal particles ja and doch and their English reflexes
Volker Gast; Index.