Publisher's Synopsis
Corpus linguistics can be regarded as a sophisticated method of finding answers to the kinds of questions linguists have always asked. A large corpus can be a test bed for hypotheses and can be used to add a quantitative dimension to many linguistic studies. It is also true, however, that corpus software presents the researcher with language in a form that is not normally encountered and that this can highlight patterning that often goes unnoticed. Scientists who are cultivating their knowledge on the development of robot technologies are eager to create more advanced robots that are of a better service to the human beings. Some examples of advanced robot machinery are the creations of robots to explore and monitor water quality and the ascending of robotics in the manufacturing and service industry that can perform tasks usually done by humans or Discourse markers have prevailed in our language expression, which undertake the function of promoting the expression of communicative intent, and meanwhile facilitate the message interpretation of receivers. In this sense, discourse markers are regarded as a kind of metalanguage which could reflect speaker's metapragmatic awareness and major difference between the second language learners and native speakers has to do with the frequency of individual markers. This volume discusses the resources and methodologies used by corpus linguists; and show some key observations relating to comparative frequency and to patterning. It also considers the importance of corpus linguistics for linguistic theory and presents some of the applications of corpus research. Providing an introduction to every aspect of corpus linguistics as it is being used at the moment, demonstrates how spoken language can be examined using material collected before the advent of sophisticated recording equipment and large-scale computerized corpora.
