Corpus Linguistics

Credit Units

Credit Hours 

Course Title

Course Code

Theory:  2

Practical: 0

Clinic, Field,: 

2

Corpus Linguistics 

English

ENGL 456

علم المتون اللغوية

Arabic

Corequisites

Prerequisites

Study Level

-

Semantics & Pragmatics 

ENGL 309

7

Course Main Objective (concise and precise statement without bullets): 

The main objective of course is 

This course designed to equip students with skills that will enable you to analyze large amounts of language data using front-line computational technology. Students will also learn about a wide variety of applications of corpus linguistic methods for the analysis of English and other languages. This includes discourse analysis (newspapers, business reports, social media etc.), sociolinguistic analysis of written and spoken language as well as research and pedagogical applications of corpora. 

Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) (limit 4-6 CLOs):

By the end of this course, the student will be able to:

1

Knowledge and Comprehension

Aligned PLOs*

1.1

Discuss  the different theories, concepts, facts, models and methodologies related to corpus linguistics.

K.2

2

Skills 

2.1

Apply core methods of corpus linguistics, using corpora or other databases.

S.1

2.2

Conduct research using existing corpora.

S.2

2.3

Utilize information and communication technology effectively in corpus linguistics research.

S.3

3

Values

3.1

Work effectively in groups to facilitate teamwork.

V.1

Course Content:                                                                                                                             

• Fundamentals of corpus linguistics  
• Corpus Tools 
• Corpus design and data collection  
• Statistics and data visualization  
• Corpus based grammar and vocabulary of English  
• Using corpora in Language teaching  
• Corpus-based discourse studies  
• Data Analytics Projects  

Textbook (s) (include the latest references with full details using standard format e.g. APA, MLA etc):

. Zufferey, S. (2020). Introduction to corpus linguistics. John Wiley & Sons.

McEnery, T., & Hardie, A. (2011). Corpus linguistics: Method, theory and practice. Cambridge University Press

McEnery, T., & Hardie, A. (2011). Corpus linguistics: Method, theory and practice. Cambridge University Press