Corpus stylistics : theory and practice / Dan McIntyre and Brian Walker.

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This theoretical and practical guide to using corpus linguistic techniques in stylistic analysis focuses on how to use off-the-shelf corpus software, such as AntConc, Wmatrix, and the Brigham Young University (BYU) corpus interface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements; Tables; Figures; Boxes; 1: Combining corpus linguistics and stylistics; 2: Using corpora to support qualitative stylistic analysis; 3: Constructing and annotating corpora; 4: Testing hypotheses and answering research questions; 5: Making sense of significance; 6: Cognition, character and corpus stylistics; 7: Pedagogical corpus stylistics; 8: Historical corpus stylistics; 9: Real-world applications for corpus stylistics; 10: The scope of corpus stylistics; Appendix 1: Corpora for corpus stylistics; Appendix 2: Software for corpus stylistics; References.

Acknowledgements; Tables; Figures; Boxes Chapter 1: Combining corpus linguistics and stylistics 1. Introduction 2. What is a corpus? 3. A brief history of corpus linguistics 4. The emergence of corpus stylistics and problems with its definition 5. Style and stylistics 6. Corpus stylistics versus cognitive stylistics 7. Aims of the book 8. Structure of the book Chapter 2: Using corpora to support qualitative stylistic analysis 1. Introduction 2. Strolling with intent: an exercise in corpus informed stylistics 3. Collocation and semantic prosody 4. Case study: irony in 'Aftermyth of war' 5. Conclusion Chapter 3: Constructing and annotating corpora 1. Introduction 2. Designing a corpus: representativeness and sampling 3. Building a corpus: collecting and storing data 4. Adding metadata to a corpus: mark-up and annotation 5. Summary: suggested steps to building a corpus 6. Case study: investigating the 2000AD comic strip 'Judge Dredd' 7.

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