Corpus linguistics for education-A guide for research by Pascual Perez-Paredes: A Book Review

Awatif Alruwaili

doi:10.17323/jle.2021.11951

Abstract

The book Corpus linguistics for education was written by Pascual Perez-Paredes (2020) and published by Routledge. The book aims to provide a guide for how corpus linguistics (CL) methods can be used in educational research. The book consists of seven chapters and an additional conclusion chapter. The book addresses different themes that are relevant for the inclusion of CL methods in the education research field such as frequency register (texts) and keyword analysis, among others. The book is distinguished by the inclusion of a good number of tables and figures providing step-by-step guides for all the selected methods of analysis. This book is very important for researchers and students who are interested in using CL methods in the field of education. This review consists of a brief summary of the eight chapters and a critical discussion of three key issues raised in the book. The review also provides an overall evaluation of the contributions this book has made to this particular discipline.

Highlights

The book Corpus linguistics for education was written by Pascual Perez-Paredes (2020) and published by Routledge
The first chapter is a thorough introduction to corpus linguistics (CL) and how it can be used in educational research
We present two approaches for using CL in education research: the corpus is the primary data and CL is the research methodology, while the second approach uses a variety of methods to collect data that will be analysed by CL methods, so the corpus is considered secondary data

Summary

Introduction

The book Corpus linguistics for education was written by Pascual Perez-Paredes (2020) and published by Routledge. The author discusses each approach and provides examples of educational research studies using the approach. The author explains the types of methods of CL (qualitative by analysing concordance lines and quantitative by analysing collocations and keywords).

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