Day 1: Introduction and Foundations
Getting Started with Linguistic Data Analysis
Overview
Day 1 introduces basic concepts of corpus linguistics.
Key Concepts
- linguistic intuition
- scientific hypothesis and data
- KWIC
- Concordancing
Preparation
Before Day 1:
- Read:
- Stefanowitsch (2020) Ch. 1. Freely available online
- Stefanowitsch (2020) Ch. 2. Freely available online
- Skim:
- Durrant (2023) Ch. 1.
Schedule
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:30-12:00 | Session 1: Introduction |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:30 | Session 2: Corpus foundation |
| 14:30-14:40 | Break |
| 14:40-16:10 | Session 3: First Hands-on Activity |
| 16:10-17:00 | Office Hour (You can ask questions.) |
Assignments
- Due On 8/5 Tuesday: Corpus Lab Assignment 1
- Complete basic corpus search exercise