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Web As Corpus: Theory and Practice provides an in-depth exploration of how the internet serves as an invaluable resource for linguistic research and corpus analysis. Dr Maristella Gatto presents both theoretical foundations and practical methodologies for extracting, analyzing, and utilizing web-based linguistic data.
The book addresses key challenges in web corpus construction, including data collection techniques, quality assessment, and ethical considerations. It examines various approaches to web scraping and corpus compilation while maintaining linguistic rigor and research integrity.
Designed for linguists, researchers, and students, this work demonstrates how digital texts from websites, social media, and online platforms can reveal patterns in language use, semantic shifts, and linguistic evolution. The practical applications range from dictionary development to language teaching and computational linguistics, making it essential reading for anyone engaged in modern corpus linguistics research.
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