This handbook is a comprehensive practical resource on corpus linguistics. It features a range of basic and advanced approaches, methods and techniques in corpus linguistics, from corpus compilation principles to quantitative data analyses. The Handbook is organized in three main Parts. Part I features chapters that discuss key issues and the know-how related to various topics around corpus design, methods and corpus types. Part II is a user-friendly introduction to the quantitative analysis of corpus data: for each statistical technique discussed, chapters provide a practical guide with R and come with supplementary online material. Part III focuses on how to write a corpus linguistic paper and how to meta-analyze corpus linguistic research. The volume can serve as a coursebook as well as for individual study. It will be an essential reading for students of corpus linguistics as well as experienced researchers who want to expand their knowledge of the field. weiterlesen