Applying corpus linguistics methodology to psycholinguistics research

Applying corpus linguistics to pedagogy A critical evaluation

This article reviews and discusses four somewhat contentious issues in the application of corpus linguistics to pedagogy, ESP in particular. Corpus linguistic techniques have been criticized on the grounds that they encourage a more bottom-up rather than top-down processing of text in which concordance lines are examined atomistically. One criticism levelled against corpus data is that a corpus...

Formulaic Language in Native and Second Language Speakers: Psycholinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and TESOL

Natural language makes considerable use of recurrent formulaic patterns of words. This article triangulates the construct of formula from corpus linguistic, psycholinguistic, and educational perspectives. It describes the corpus linguistic extraction of pedagogically useful formulaic sequences for academic speech and writing. It determines English as a second language (ESL) and English for acad...

Applying corpus linguistics in a health care context

Th is paper draws on two strands of research and practice in language studies, namely i) studies of communication in health care encounters, and ii) studies of language corpora. It aims to delineate an area of ‘applied clinical linguistics’ which draws on these existing sub-disciplines so as to enhance our knowledge of communicative events in clinical settings. To illustrate the potential we dr...

Corpus Linguistics Beyond the Word-Corpus Research from Phrase to Discourse.Eileen Fitzpatrick (ed.)

Corpus Linguistics 25 Years on, however may be a bit misleading, as only Part I really provides the historical account many readers might be looking for. Parts II and III really more offer a snapshot of the current state-of-the-art, not unlike conference proceedings. However, editor Roberta Facchinetti has skilfully managed to maintain a well-rounded topical spread over the contributions. In do...

The Convergence of Lexicalist Perspectives in Psycholinguistics and Computational Linguistics