Methods of corpus linguistics [ LCLIG2250 ]

LFLTR1530 "Introduction aux sciences du langage"  or another course of introduction to linguistics.

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At the end of the course, the student will be able to :

- build a corpus of language data (oral or written) for a particular purpose of linguistic research ;

- handle several computer softwares specialized in corpus analysis ; - make a quantitative study on a corpus ;

- make a qualitative study on a corpus.

During the academic year : Compulsory participation to the practical work, which conditions access to the exam

Examen : Individual work to present during the lasted classes (+ written report on the work); Oral exam (on the content of the course and the methodology of the work).

30 hours of lectures + 10 hours of practical works (dedicated to the realisation of a personal research based on the methodology explained in the lectures).

GENERAL OBJECTIVES :

(1) To be able to lead, completely and autonomously, a linguistic study on corpora;

(2)To acquire a general knowledge on linguistic corpora (in French, but not only), tools and method.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES :

(1) To design a corpus with the aim of a specific research question;

(2) To collect oral and written data + metadata;

(3) To "edit" the data (transcription, cleaning, formatting, encoding, etc.);

(4) To tag the data (at the several levels of linguistic analysis) with the help of proper software;

(5) To formulate research questions / hypothesis;

(6) To choose a methodology of analysis;

(7)To exploit / analyse a corpus according to a chosen methology (qualitative or quantitative);

(8) To present the results of a research.

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Supports and references : Course PPT on iCampus; Instructions about the practical work on iCampus (software, methods, etc.); Articles to read.