The breadth and spread of corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) indicate its usefulness
for exploring language use within a social context. However, its theoretical foundations …

The language employed by researchers to define and discuss diseases can itself be a
determinant of health. Despite this, the framing of diseases in medical research literature is …

Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication provides an accessible and practical
introduction to the use of corpus linguistics methods to analyse health-related language use …

This paper describes patterns of number use in spoken and written English and the main
factors that contribute to these patterns. We analysed more than 1.7 million occurrences of …

Vocabulary profiling with computational tools and word lists is an established step in the
development of pedagogical materials for learners of English. However, existing tools and …

Mean-frequency scores of lexical sophistication are used to evaluate written and spoken
language production. They are calculated using word frequencies extracted from a …

Politeness is one of the stereotypes associated with the British that seems to be crucial in
terms of their self-identification and self-perception. The focus of this study is four frequently …

In secondary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructional contexts, textbooks
constitute a major and highly influential vector of foreign language input. To date, numerous …

Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Deception Detection provides an innovative introduction to
the use of the corpus linguistics methodology in the field of deception detection. Bringing …

In this chapter, we explore the ethical considerations attending to research and practice in
corpus linguistics. Despite the ubiquity of ethical dilemmas in corpus construction and use …