Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Issues in corpus-informed research and learning in ESP 1
5. Part I. ESP corpora for language research
6. From text to corpus 17
7. Phraseological patterns in a large corpus of biomedical articles 45
8. A corpus-based study of adjectival vs nominal modification in medical English 83
9. Semantic prosody and specialised translation, or how a lexico-grammatical theory of language can help with specialised translation 103
10. Part II. ESP corpora for genre-based approaches
11. Oralising text slides in scientific conference presentations 137
12. Corpora and academic writing 167
13. Measuring the construction of discoursal expertise through corpus-based genre analysis 193
14. Part III. ESP corpora for language teaching and learning
15. Bringing data and dictionary together 217
16. Raising collective awareness of rhetorical strategies 239
17. Corpus consultation for ESP 261
18. Notes on contributors 293
19. Author index 297
20. Subject index 301