This text offers an introduction to words and corpus linguistics.
From this foundation it explores the much wider issues that are
inevitably raised but somehow marginalized in lexicology (the study
of words) and corpus linguistics: how are individual words
integrated into language? What are the real benefits of studying
the large quantities of text now available in corpora? How do we
best conceptualise meaning itself?;The book begins with a survey of
lexicology by Halliday. He reviews basic issues in defining and
understanding the word as a unit of language, but also includes
brief accounts of lexicology in India, China and the Islamic world.
Halliday introduces the notion of "corpus" and opens the way for a
rethinking of the nature of words and language. The central section
of the book, by Teubert and Yallop, expands a number of traditional
issues in the study of words and their meanings, from common
misconceptions about the "real meaning" of words to the
relationship between language and reality and the problems raised
by comparing different languages. This section both problematizes
the issues and develops a functional and social perspective on
meaning.; In the third and final se
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