The Role of Corpus Linguistics in the Ethnography of a Closed
Community analyses the interactions of immigrants within an Irish
reception centre for asylum seekers to highlight the instinctive
resourcefulness of people who are faced with the challenge of
communicating when there is no common language or culture. Based on
three years of ethnographical observation and using an illuminating
and innovative blending of applied methodologies, chiefly corpus
linguistics, ethnography and conversation analysis, this book:
Draws upon a corpus of 98,000 words; Examines the use of English in
the interactions of residents with one another and those with
English speaking staff of the centre; Challenges constructs such as
speech community, communicative competence and interlanguage. This
book is essential reading for academics and upper-level
undergraduates or graduates working in the areas of Corpus
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and those interested in
research methodologies. It will also prove to be of significant
interest to people interested in migration studies and to providers
of English language education to immigrants.
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