IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Sep 2006

Introduction to the Special Issue: Insights From Corpus Linguistics for Professional Communication

T. Orr

Abstract

This brief editorial describes the field of professional communication, comments on its evolution, and then explains how research and findings in corpus linguistics can aid in enriching the field of professional communication even further. Four articles and two tutorials, representative of studies and applications in corpus linguistics, are then presented in a brief preview.

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
2006-09-01
DOI
10.1109/tpc.2006.880750
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Open Access
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    Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use
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    Manual of Information to Accompany ‘A Standard Sample of Present-Day Edited American Engl…
  5. Qi-Bo (1989)
    A quantitative look at the Guangzhou Petroleum English Corpus
    ICAME J.
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  1. James (1994)
    English in Computer Science: A Corpus-Based Lexical Analysis
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