Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis, Interpretation - Lancaster University

The course aims to:

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  Demonstrate that corpus approaches to social science can offer valuable insight into social reality by investigating the use and manipulation of language in society.

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  Equip social scientists with skills necessary for collecting and analysing large digital collections of text (corpora).

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  Provide educational support for those who want to use the corpus method.

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  Demonstrate the use of corpus linguistics in the humanities, especially History.

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  Give a sense of the incredibly wide uses that corpora have been put to.

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  Allow those with an interest in language, who have not heard of the corpus approach before, a new way of looking at language.