Current trends in Corpus Linguistics and textual variation

  1. Jesús Romero-Barranco 1
  2. Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  2. 2 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Revista:
Research in Corpus Linguistics (RiCL)

ISSN: 2243-4712

Ano de publicación: 2021

Título do exemplar: "Corpus-linguistic perspectives on textual variation"

Volume: 9

Número: 2

Páxinas: 1-13

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.32714/RICL.09.02.01 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Research in Corpus Linguistics (RiCL)

Resumo

Corpus Linguistics has proved of great value as a methodological tool in shedding light on how discourse is constructed in different text types. This opening contribution to the special issue “Corpus-linguistic perspectives on textual variation” provides an account of some of the most common applications of Corpus Linguistics, describes some of the most widely used corpora, and pins down some of the most influential corpus-based research works. In so doing, we contextualise the contributions to this collection of articles. The main aim of this special issue is to showcase cutting-edge research on textual variation based on linguistic corpora, thus illustrating how Corpus Linguistics draws from but also feeds a multiplicity of linguistic branches, such as (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Register Studies, Historical Linguistics, and Dialectology.

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