Corpus Studies in Contrastive Linguistics
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The six articles in this volume illustrate very clearly the power of quantitative corpus-based approaches in revealing cross-linguistic similarities and differences across a range of five European languages. The book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to explore how computer-based analysis of texts can help us to understand the complexities of interlinguistic patterns.
- Chris Butler, University of Swansea,
This book represents an impressive new collection of studies that have not only provided many incisive insights into cross-linguistic differences and similarities in the languages investigated, but have also demonstrated the power of corpus-based approaches to contrastive linguistic research.
- Richard Xiao, Lancaster University, in Languages in Contrast, Vol. 13(2): 267-273, 2013,
The current volume illustrates the vitality of a new discipline of corpus-based Contrastive linguistics. The contributions cover a wide range of phenomena in grammar, pragmatics and discourse using many types of corpora.
- Karin Aijmer, Gothenburg University,
This is an attractive and readable volume that will hopefully encourage future attempts in the subject of contrastive linguistics, for the languages examined here and beyond. It will be of interest to scholars already working in cross-linguistic areas of language, especially those with a focus on pragmatics and discourse studies, but maybe not so much so to the uninitiated in the field of contrastive linguistics.
- Jesús Fernández-Domínguez, Universitat de València, on Linguist List 24.3381, 2013,