Corpus Linguistics for Education Research provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to the use of corpus research-methods in the field of education. It is an essential guide for students and researchers studying or conducting their own corpus-based research in education.

List of figuresList of tablesPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Introduction: corpus linguistics and education research1.1 What is corpus linguistics?1.2 The role of corpus linguistics research methods in education research1.3 Understanding the role of frequency1.3.1 Frequency in L1 learning and use1.3.2 Frequency in public discourse1.3.3 Frequency in texts or groups of texts1.3.4 Skill 1: Why frequency matters 1.3.5 How to interpret frequency ReferencesChapter 2: Analysing text2.1 Different approaches to text analysis2.2 Text as register2.2.1 Corpus linguistics and the analysis of registerReferencesChapter 3: Corpus linguistics approaches to understanding language use3.1 Understanding and researching language use: discovering patterns 3.1.1 Corpus linguistics outside linguistics?3.1.2 Case study 1. Examining interviews: qualitative versus CL methods3.1.3 Case study 2. Examining policies: combining content analysis and corpus methods3.1.4 Using an existing corpus3.2 Reading concordance lines3.2.1 How to read concordance lines?3.3 Handling frequencies3.3.1 Corpus size and relative frequencies3.4 CollocationsReferencesChapter 4: Researching education policies: using your own corpus4.1 Basic corpus design features4.1.1 Designing corpora4.2 Comparison basics and significance testing4.2.1 Comparison basics and part of speech (POS) tagging4.3 Reviewing skills 1-114.3.1 Chapter 14.3.2 Chapter 24.3.3 Chapter 34.3.4 Chapter 4ReferencesChapter 5: Interview data: transcription and annotation5.1 Transcription: so much more than a monotonous task5.2 Transcription basics5.3 Adding structure and metadata to a corpus5.3.1 Annotating a corpus using our own tags5.3.2 Annotating a corpus using standard XML guidelinesReferencesChapter 6: Examining lexis. analysing peace treaties and children´s literature6.1 Examining lexis6.2 Researching the lexicon: keywords6.2.1 Introducing keyword analysis6.2.2 Keyword analysis: a step-by-step guide6.3 Researching nouns and noun phrases6.3.1 Exploring individual nouns6.3.2 Exploring multiword units6.4 Analysing children´s literature: the lexicon of fictionReferencesChapter 7: Analysing talk: complex searches7.1 Examining talk: a linguistic perspective7.2 Complex searches7.2.1 Living in a city7.2.2 Understanding cultural differences7.2.3 How is their family life impacted by work?7.3 Putting all together: reviewing skills 12-177.3.1 Chapter 57.3.2 Chapter 67.3.3 Chapter 7ReferencesChapter 8: ConclusionReferencesIndex