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What can a corpus  tell us about specialist genres? By Michael Handford Group 5 Beatriz Medina Zenzano Nuria Muñoz Navarro Susana Morales Bernal Sonia Mench ón Arqués Eva Márquez Zayas
Corpus and the study of genres: an introduction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Corpora of specialised genres (CSGs) are created to research various aspects of languages: spoken or styles of academic writing. In this work we will deal with written academic, spoken business and service-encounter discourse.
Specialist corpora vs. Mega-corpora ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What are the methodological advantages of specialised corpora in analysing genres?   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What are the methodological advantages of specialised corpora in analysing genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres?
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about academic genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What does a corpus tell us about professional genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What does a corpus tell us about professional genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What does a corpus tell us about professional genres? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about  non-institutional genres? ,[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about  non-institutional genres? ,[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about  non-institutional genres? ,[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about  non-institutional genres? ,[object Object],[object Object]
What can a corpus tell us about  non-institutional genres? ,[object Object]
Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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