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<div>Dear all,</div>
<div>Some list members might be interested in a new book on using
BNCweb that has just been published in the series<i> English Corpus
Linguistics</i> (edited by Thomas Kohnen and Joybrato
Mukherjee):</div>
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<div>Hoffmann, Sebastian, Evert, Stefan, Smith, Nicholas, Lee, David
and Ylva Berglund Prytz. 2008.<i> Corpus Linguistics with</i>
BNCweb<i> - a Practical Guide.</i> Frankfurt am Main: Peter
Lang.</div>
<div>XVI + 290 pp.</div>
<div>ISBN 978-3-631-56315-1 - pb. EUR29.80, USD43.95, GBP20.90</div>
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Back cover description:</div>
<div>This book presents a richly illustrated, hands-on discussion of
one of the fastest growing fields in linguistics today. The authors
address key methodological issues in corpus linguistics, such as
collocations, keywords and the categorization of concordance lines.
They show how these topics can be explored step-by-step with<i>
BNCweb</i>, a user-friendly web-based tool that supports sophisticated
analyses of the 100-million-word British National Corpus. Indeed, the
BNC and<i> BNCweb</i> have been described by Geoffrey Leech as
"an unparalleled combination of facilities for finding out about
the English language of the present day" (Foreword). The book
contains tasks and exercises, and is suitable for undergraduates,
postgraduates and experienced corpus users alike.</div>
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<div>The table of contents, a sample extract (Chapter 1) and an
electronic flyer are available from http://www.bncweb.info.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Sebastian Hoffmann</div>
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Dr. Sebastian Hoffmann<br>
Department of Linguistics and English Language<br>
Bowland College<br>
Lancaster University<br>
Lancaster LA1 4YT<br>
U.K.<br>
phone: +44 (0)1524 592254</div>
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