Corpus Linguistics

[Jim Wilce]

For Chris and other.... My colleague Doug Biber is an important contributor
to Corpus Linguistics.  Here are some references:

Biber, D. ( 1988). Variation across speech and writing. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Biber, D. (1989). A typology of English texts. Linguistics,  27, 3-43.
Biber, D. (1990). Methodological issues regarding corpus-basedanalyses of
linguistic variation. Literary and LinguisticComputing, 5, 257-269.
Biber, D. (1992). On the complexity of discourse complexity:  A
multidimensional analysis. Discourse Processes, 15, 133-163.
Biber, D. (1993a). Representativeness in corpus design. Literary and
Linguistic Computing, 8, 243-257.
Biber, D. (1993b). Using register-diversified corpora for general language
studies. Computational Linguistics, 19, 219-241.
Biber, D. (1995). Dimensions of register variation : a cross-linguistic
comparison.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press.
Biber, D. (1996). Investigating language use through corpus-based analyses
of association patterns. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 1,
171-197.
Biber, D., Conrad, S., & Reppen, R. (1998). Corpus linguistics:
Investigating language structure and use. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Biber, D. (1999). A register perspective on grammar and discourse:
Variability in the form and use of English complement clauses. Discourse
Studies, 1, 133-152.
Biber, D., S., J., Leech, G., Conrad, S., & Finegan, E. (in press). The
Longman grammar of spoken and written English. London: Longman.

Jim Wilce
      Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Asian Studies
        Northern Arizona University
        Box 15200
        Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200

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Eloquence in Trouble: The Poetics and Politics of Complaint in Rural
Bangladesh, ISBN 0-19-510687-3)
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