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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Linda, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My book <i>Corpus Stylistics and Dickens’s Fiction </i>(New York & London: Routledge, 2012) has just come out this month. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Amongst other things, it includes a discussion of approaches to characterisation (in the context of cognitive stylistics/poetics) and how corpus stylistic methods can help find character information (e.g. through lexically driven categories of body language/ collocations around ‘as if’). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415800143/">http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415800143/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve also done a couple of articles that address issues of characterisation and character information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Of the examples below, the first one was specifically written for a literary audience and deals with examples of Rigaud in <i>Little Dorrit</i>, the second article compares two characters in <i>Bleak House</i>, the third addresses some wider methodological issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>MAHLBERG, M., 2012. “Corpus Stylistics – Dickens, text-drivenness and the fictional world”. In:<i> </i>J. JOHN (ed.), <i>Dickens and Modernity.</i> Brewer. pp. 94-114<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>MAHLBERG, M., 2012. The corpus stylistic analysis of fiction – or the fiction of corpus stylistics?. <i>In: </i>MUKHERJEE, J. and HUBER, M., eds., Corpus Linguistics and Variation in English: Theory and Description Rodopi. 77-95<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Mahlberg, M. and C. Smith (2012). “Dickens, the suspended quotation and the corpus”, <i>Language and Literature</i>, 21(1), 51-65.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hope that helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This is a great topic for teaching and students tend to come up with very interesting assignments!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>All best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Michaela <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Dr. Michaela Mahlberg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Associate Professor in English Language and Applied Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Director of the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics (CRAL)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>School of English <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>University of Nottingham <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>University Park Nottingham<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>NG7 2RD, UK <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.michaelamahlberg.com/">http://www.michaelamahlberg.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> corpora-bounces@uib.no [mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Linda Bawcom<br><b>Sent:</b> 26 November 2012 01:42<br><b>To:</b> corpora@uib.no<br><b>Subject:</b> [Corpora-List] Corpra & Literature<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Our semester conference topic is concerning using technology in the classroom. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the basics of using corpora in the classroom [mainly ESL/English], especially in terms of collocations, frequency, and genre. For this I am planning on using Mark Davis' COCA. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>But I'd very much like to add how it can be used in literature, which is outside any research that I have done. I'm wondering if anyone can direct me to or is willing to share something they have already presented. For example, what has always fascinated me is how you can see the way in which a character changes throughout a book by looking at collocations such as (as I have heard) with Nora in Ibsen's a Doll's House. That is, if possible, I would like something apart from an analysis of stylistics or a comparison of books in terms of i.e. lexical bundles. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Kindest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Linda Bawcom<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div>
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