This textbook begins by setting out the basic issues and methods in lexicology, the study of words, then expands that approach to corpus linguistics, which looks at the use of particular words in a body of work, and suggests directions that field might take. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Perspectives in Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics offers an introduction to words and corpus linguistics. From this foundation it explores the much wider issues that are inevitably raised but somehow marginalized in lexicology (the study of words) and corpus linguistics: how are individual words integrated into language? What are the real benefits of studying the large quantities of text now available in corpora? How do we best conceptualize meaning itself?