AJL52018 Topics in Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Sudický (lecturer)
James Edward Thomas, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Alena Tomešová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is an introduction to the use and application of electronic corpora. Students will work with online corpora learning the methodology of corpus investigation. At the end of the course, the students will be able to (1) deal with language queries, (2) conduct linguistic research, and (3) build specialized corpora relevant to their study projects.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introducing corpora; corpus design and annotation
  • 2. Interpreting corpus data: words and phrases; collocations and colligations
  • 3. Connotation and semantic prosody; unusuality and metaphor
  • 4. Corpora and language teaching and learning
  • 5. Corpora in translation, bootcat tools, DIY corpora
Literature
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Klára. Recenze : František Čermák - Renata Blatná (eds.): Jak využívat český národní korpus, Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005. 179 s. (Review : František Čermák - Renata Blatná (eds.): Jak využívat český národní korpus, Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005. 179 s.). 2007. info
  • Jak využívat Český národní korpus. Edited by František Čermák - Renata Blatná. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 181 stran. ISBN 8071067369. info
  • How to use corpora in language teaching. Edited by John McHardy Sinclair - John McHardy Sinclair. Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 2004, vi, 307. ISBN 1588114910. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy. Reading concordances : an introduction. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2003, xx, 180. ISBN 058229214X. info
  • BIBER, Douglas. Longman grammar of spoken and written English. Edited by Randolph Quirk. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2000, xxviii, 12. ISBN 0582237254. info
  • HUNSTON, Susan and Gill FRANCIS. Pattern grammar : a corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000, xi, 288. ISBN 1556193998. info
  • BIBER, Douglas, Susan CONRAD and Randi REPPEN. Corpus linguistics : investigating language structure and use. Cambridge: University Press, 1998, ix, 300. ISBN 0521496225. info
  • PARTINGTON, Alan. Patterns and meanings : using corpora for English language research and teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1998, vii, 162. ISBN 9027222711. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy. Corpus, concordance, collocation. Edited by Ronald Carter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, xviii, 179. ISBN 0194371441. info
Teaching methods
lectures, hands-on seminar work, homework assignments, independent reading
Assessment methods
Credit: mid-term written assignment + end-of-term test
Exam: mid-term written assignment + end-of-term test and take-home exam
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every other week.
General note: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=3159
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