Applying Corpus Linguistics to Language Policy

Abstract

Corpus linguistics studies are those that analyze corpus linguistics data by applying both quantitative and qualitative techniques to the analysis of textual patterns using computers. This chapter discusses the areas of overlap between corpus linguistics and LPP, and will introduce important steps for using corpus linguistics approaches to conduct an LPP study; however, an overview of corpus linguistics and a complete consideration of methodological issues are beyond the scope. Important areas of study for corpus linguists include informing the development of dictionaries and grammars and, more recently, language tests. One major contextual factor affecting decisions to be made is the language of the corpus under study. Corpus analysis is in many ways dependent upon the software tools available to the analyst, and these are the packages through which analysts carry out corpus linguistics. Concordances show the linguistic context of words or phrases of interest in the corpus.

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