To readers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures ix
4. List of tables xi
5. To readers xvi
6. List of abbreviations xviii
7. 1 Corpus linguistics 1
8. 2 Counting, calculating and annotating 25
9. 3 Looking for lexis 52
10. 4 Checking collocations 72
11. 5 Finding phrases 90
12. 6 Metaphor and metonymy 111
13. 7 Grammar 137
14. 8 Male and female 156
15. 9 Language change 174
16. 10 Corpus linguistics in cyberspace 195
17. References 219
18. Index 232