Weekly outline
Quick Links
Webservices available on our server
Some of the links below require a VPN connection and a valid BA account.
Corpora
The SketchEngine is a commercial corpus interface which was primarily developed with the needs of lexicographers in mind. What's unique about SE is that it features some (sadly rather opaque) algorithms for investigating how words are used in context. The functions are similar to the collocations function in CQPweb, but more intuitive. You can use SE to access a wide range of corpora (including the BNC and parallel corpora such as OPUS).
If you require access, please contact Fabian Vetter or Julia Schlüter.
Freely accessible corpora at the University of Lancaster, including the BNC, BNC2014 and the Brown familiy.
A campus licence for COCA, COHA & GloWbE is available now. All students with a free user account for the corpora have advanced access rights when logging in on campus. This also works with a VPN connection from home.
Please note this works for only 30 students at a time, so please do not forget to log out once you're finished with your research.
LimeSurvey: Free online survey tool. The program is hosted by and the data is stored at the data center of the University of Bamberg.
Registration required. Please contact fabian.vetter@uni-bamberg.de
Writing term papers
Materials that can help students write a term paper
Helpful Links
How to structure your introduction: The C.A.R.S model and rhetorical moves
- https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/CARS
- Although aimed at student of social sciences, it gives you a good idea how you could structure the introduction of your term paper.
How to read a linguistics article
- This instructional video by Martin Hilpert provides some advice on how to effectively read and interpret information found in linguistic publications.
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Linguistic resources (links to corpora, etc.)
- https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=26902
- In this VC course, you can find links to publicly available corpora, youtube channels that show you how to use some of the corpus interfaces, manuals on how to construct simple and advanced corpus queries, ...
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An interactive introduction to corpus basics (KorPLUS)
- https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/korplus/
- "This is an open-resource self-learning package that is open to anyone interested in the application of corpora (large computer-readable text databases) to practical language problems in English."
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Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (2nd ed.)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780080448541/encyclopedia-of-language-and-linguistics
- Good, if you're looking for definitions of linguistic concepts. Use this instead of Wikipedia.
Academic Phrasebank @ Uni Manchester
- https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
- Are you looking for idiomatic expressions that are commonly used in the register of research articles? Then the Academic Phrasebank is perfect for you! It contains a collection of phraseological units that are commonly used in academic English.
These are grouped by communicative purpose and section of the research article.
Manuals & Tutorials
This section contains a selection of links with tutorials on how to find literature and use corpus tools such as the BNCweb, AntConc or Wordsmith Tools.
Library
Introduction to our online library system.
Introduction to the Modern Language Association International Bibliography. The MLA is a good place to start your research if you're looking for journal articles.
Corpora
Querying Corpora and other tips
Transcription Tools
Corpora: Overview
Here you'll find a selection of the most common English corpora. The corpora are grouped into four categories. Each subpage features short descriptions, links and other useful information. Most corpora listed here can be accessed by clicking on the headline and some are accessible via multiple interfaces (e.g. COCA and COHA).
The corpora in this group
- usually sample texts from many different registers in order to represent the language as it is used in one national variety.
- are synchronic, i.e. contain only material from one specific point in time
- contain present day English
- usually sample texts from many different registers in order to represent the language as it is used in one national variety.
- Old, Middle and Early Modern English corpora.
Specialised spoken corpora.
Specialised written corpora. Highlights: ICLE (International Corpus of Learner English), Oxford Text Archive (OTA), TIME Magazine Corpus of American English.
Bibliographies and Reference Databases
- Use these if you're looking for journal articles.
- Consult these instead of Wikipedia.
Software and Tools
- Links and info on concordancing tools such as AntConc or Wordsmith Tools.
Data Visualization
More coming soon.Lukas Sönning created several templates for MS Office with which you can easily create professional visualizations for your data. The templates can be found in his OSF repository: https://osf.io/v37pw/.