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Get a practical introduction to the methodology of corpus linguistics for researchers in the social sciences and humanities. Learn how to build and query corpora in this practical course In this course, you’ll get a practical introduction to corpus linguistics, an extremely versatile methodology of language analysis using computers. Over eight weeks, you’ll build the skills necessary to collect and analyse large digital collections of text (corpora). You’ll be introduced to a number of topics demonstrating the use of corpora in areas as diverse as discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and language learning and teaching. What topics will you cover? Introduction to corpus linguistics and basic techniques: concordancing; Further corpus techniques: collocation and keywords; Corpus-based discourse analysis; Building a corpus: tagging and processing data; Sociolinguistics: analysing BNC1994 and BNC2014; Textbook and dictionary construction; Language learning and corpus linguistics; Swearing extravaganza: looking at language and society. When would you like to start? Start straight away and learn at your own pace. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below. 20 Sep 2021 What will you achieve? By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to: Interpret corpus data using techniques such as concordancing, collocation and keywords. Describe the main methodological underpinnings behind corpus linguistics. Apply corpus linguistic techniques to the analysis of different types of data. Collect own corpora. Design research studies using corpus methods. Explain corpus methods as well as a range of applications of this versatile methodology. Perform corpus analysis using a range of corpus tools such as #LancsBox, CQPweb, USAS and BNClab. Who is the course for? This course is designed for anyone with an interest in the study of language. Who will you learn with? Tony McEnery Has been working for over 20 years to help pioneer new ways to use computers to analyse very large collections of language data. Vaclav Brezina Corpus linguist, lead developer of #LancsBox. Who developed the course? Lancaster University Lancaster University is a collegiate university, with a global reputation as a centre for research, scholarship and teaching with an emphasis on employability. Learn on FutureLearn Your learning, your rules Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps, but you can complete them as quickly or slowly as you like Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores Join a global classroom Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others Map your progress As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate Join this course Free$0 Upgrade$59 Unlimited$279.99 for one year Join free and you will get: Access to this course for 6 weeks Upgrade this course and you will get: Access to this course for as long as it’s on FutureLearn Access to this course’s tests as well as a print and digital Certificate of Achievement once you’re eligible Buy Unlimited and you will get: Access to this course, and hundreds of other FutureLearn short courses and tests for a year A printable digital Certificate of Achievement on all short courses once you’re eligible The freedom to keep access to any course you've achieved a digital Certificate of Achievement on, for as long as the course exists on FutureLearn The flexibility to complete your choice of short courses in your own time within the year

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