Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics which
both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data. This textbook …

Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to
the growing field of corpus pragmatics. Taking a hands-on approach to showcase the …

Intimate discourse–that between couples, family and close friends in private, non-
professional settings–lies at the heart of our everyday linguistic experience. It creates and …

This book shows how corpus analyses can enhance students', practitioners' and
researchers' knowledge of academic language. The book provides a reader-friendly …

This paper presents a study on how German and Spanish learners of English at different
proficiency levels (as defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for …

This study uses the Limerick Corpus of Irish English (LCIE), and a sample of the Cambridge
and Nottingham Corpus of Discourse in English (CANCODE) to implement a corpus …

Introduction As English for academic purposes (EAP) has evolved over the past four
decades, an emphasis on writing has been one of its key features. This is hardly surprising …

Based on a written Chinese–English code-switching corpus compiled from a Singaporean
bilingual novel, this paper reports on the distribution of instances of inter-clausal code …

The Role of Corpus Linguistics in the Ethnography of a Closed Community analyses the
interactions of immigrants within an Irish reception centre for asylum seekers to highlight the …

Phraseological or multi-word-pattern corpus-driven analysis of language in use has offered
significant insights in recent years into how linguistic discourse can vary. This variation has …