Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English: 3rd Edition

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Hans Lindquist (Professor of English Linguistics, Malmö University, Sweden) Magnus Levin (Associate Professor of Languages, Linnaeus University)

Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English

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Hans Lindquist (Professor of English Linguistics, Malmö University, Sweden), Magnus Levin (Associate Professor of Languages, Linnaeus University)

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Edinburgh University Press
12 May 2026

Semantics; Grammar, syntax; Computational linguistics; ELT: teaching theory & methods; Programming & scripting languages: general

Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced

The third edition of this successful text provides an ideal introduction for university students of English at the intermediate level. Students planning papers, dissertations or theses will find the book a particularly valuable guide. After introducing corpora and the rationale and basic methodology of corpus linguistics, the authors present a number of recent case studies providing new insights into vocabulary, collocations, phraseology, metaphor and metonymy, syntactic structures, gender and language, and language change. In a final chapter it is shown how the web and social media can be used as a source for linguistic investigations as well as including a section on creating your own corpus. Each chapter includes new study questions, exercises and updated suggestions for further reading. Readers also benefit from an accompanying web-page with exercises and updated information about freely accessible corpora.

By: Hans Lindquist (Professor of English Linguistics Malmö University Sweden), Magnus Levin (Associate Professor of Languages, Linnaeus University)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781399537384
ISBN 10: 1399537385
Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 12 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

List of Figures List of Tables To Readers List of Abbreviations 1. Corpus Linguistics 2. Counting, Calculating and Annotating 3. Looking for Lexis 4. Checking Collocations 5. Finding Phrases 6. Metaphor and Metonymy 7. Grammar 8. Gender Issues 9. Language Change 10. Corpus Linguistics in Cyberspace References Index

Hans Lindquist is Emeritus Professor in English at Malmö University. Magnus Levin is Associate Professor in English at Linnaeus University

Reviews for Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English: 3rd Edition

I am glad to see the third edition of this well-established introduction to English corpus-linguistics. It has maintained its two strengths – the clear focus and an accessible style – and is now fully up-to-date again on current developments in the field. -- Christian Mair, Universität Freiburg