[Corpora-List] New book on Corpus Linguistics with BNCweb

[Sebastian Hoffmann]

Dear all,
Some list members might be interested in a new book on using BNCweb 
that has just been published in the series English Corpus Linguistics 
(edited by Thomas Kohnen and Joybrato Mukherjee):

Hoffmann, Sebastian, Evert, Stefan, Smith, Nicholas, Lee, David and 
Ylva Berglund Prytz. 2008. Corpus Linguistics with BNCweb - a 
Practical Guide. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
XVI + 290 pp.
ISBN 978-3-631-56315-1 - pb. EUR29.80, USD43.95, GBP20.90

Back cover description:
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 BNCweb, 
a user-friendly web-based tool that supports sophisticated analyses 
of the 100-million-word British National Corpus. Indeed, the BNC and 
BNCweb 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.

The table of contents, a sample extract (Chapter 1) and an electronic 
flyer are available from http://www.bncweb.info.

Best,
Sebastian Hoffmann
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Dr. Sebastian Hoffmann
Department of Linguistics and English Language
Bowland College
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YT
U.K.
phone: +44 (0)1524 592254
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