[Corpora-List] Corpus Linguistics Textbook

[Rob Malouf]

Hi,

How much computational background will the students have?  Is there a  
particular programming language or operating system that you want to  
focus on?

If your students are coming in with pretty good computer skills and  
you'll be working in Python, this book might be a good choice:

	http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/

For a more introductory (and linguistically oriented) text, this one  
has a lot of promise:

	http://nltk.sourceforge.net/index.php/Book

Also, textbook publishers will usually send you a free examination  
copy of a book that you're considering adopting for a course, so  
evaluating lots of textbooks doesn't need to be expensive.

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Rob Malouf <rmalouf at mail.sdsu.edu>
Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages
San Diego State University


On Jun 20, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Resty Cena wrote:

> Hello,
> I am preparing a syllabus for a senior undergraduate introductory  
> course on corpus linguistics. The focus is on text processing (not  
> computational linguistics). What would be a good textbook for such  
> a course? Many titles have appeared in recent years, but I don't  
> have time to evaluate all of them, and the cost of acquiring more  
> than a couple is beyond my budget. What does 'everyone' use?
> Thanks much.
> rmc