Aims and objectives 

The curriculum is expected to cover:

• the scope of Corpus Linguistics, and how we can use it to study the English Language;
• how to use corpora to analyse issues in syntax;
• how to navigate corpora, particularly ICE-GB and DCPSE;
• how to engage in syntactic argumentation 

Learning outcomes 

At the end of the course, participants will have:

• acquired a basic but solid knowledge of the terminology, concepts and methodologies used in English Corpus Linguistics;
• had practical experience working with two state-of-the-art corpora and a corpus exploration tool (ICECUP);
• have learned about syntactic argumentation and gained practical experience in the methodology.

Aims and objectives

Over three days, participants will learn about the following:

• the scope of Corpus Linguistics, and how we can use it to study the English Language;
• key issues in Corpus Linguistics methodology;
• how to use corpora to analyse issues in syntax and semantics;
• basic elements of statistics;
• how to navigate corpora, particularly ICE-GB and DCPSE

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will have:

• acquired a basic but solid knowledge of the terminology, concepts and methodologies used in English Corpus Linguistics;
• had practical experience working with two state-of-the-art corpora and a corpus exploration tool (ICECUP);
• have gained an understanding of the breadth of Corpus Linguistics and the potential application for projects;
• have learned about the fundamental concepts of inferential statistics and their practical application to Corpus Linguistics.