best, Gill
On 26 November 2012 11:33, Michaela Mahlberg < Michaela.Mahlberg at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear Linda, ****
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> My book *Corpus Stylistics and Dickens’s Fiction *(New York & London:
> Routledge, 2012) has just come out this month. ****
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> Amongst other things, it includes a discussion of approaches to
> characterisation (in the context of cognitive stylistics/poetics) and how
> corpus stylistic methods can help find character information (e.g. through
> lexically driven categories of body language/ collocations around ‘as if’).
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> http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415800143/****
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> I’ve also done a couple of articles that address issues of
> characterisation and character information.****
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> Of the examples below, the first one was specifically written for a
> literary audience and deals with examples of Rigaud in *Little Dorrit*,
> the second article compares two characters in *Bleak House*, the third
> addresses some wider methodological issues. ****
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> **1) **MAHLBERG, M., 2012. “Corpus Stylistics – Dickens,
> text-drivenness and the fictional world”. In:* *J. JOHN (ed.), *Dickens
> and Modernity.* Brewer. pp. 94-114****
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> **2) **MAHLBERG, M., 2012. The corpus stylistic analysis of fiction
> – or the fiction of corpus stylistics?. *In: *MUKHERJEE, J. and HUBER,
> M., eds., Corpus Linguistics and Variation in English: Theory and
> Description Rodopi. 77-95****
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> **3) **Mahlberg, M. and C. Smith (2012). “Dickens, the suspended
> quotation and the corpus”, *Language and Literature*, 21(1), 51-65.****
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> Hope that helps.****
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> This is a great topic for teaching and students tend to come up with very
> interesting assignments!****
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> All best****
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> Michaela ****
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> Dr. Michaela Mahlberg****
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> Associate Professor in English Language and Applied Linguistics****
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> Director of the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics (CRAL)****
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> School of English ****
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> University of Nottingham ****
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> University Park Nottingham****
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> NG7 2RD, UK ****
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> http://www.michaelamahlberg.com/****
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> *From:* corpora-bounces at uib.no [mailto:corpora-bounces at uib.no] *On Behalf
> Of *Linda Bawcom
> *Sent:* 26 November 2012 01:42
> *To:* corpora at uib.no
> *Subject:* [Corpora-List] Corpra & Literature****
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> Dear all,****
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> Our semester conference topic is concerning using technology in the
> classroom. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the basics
> of using corpora in the classroom [mainly ESL/English], especially in terms
> of collocations, frequency, and genre. For this I am planning on using
> Mark Davis' COCA. ****
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> But I'd very much like to add how it can be used in literature, which is
> outside any research that I have done. I'm wondering if anyone can direct
> me to or is willing to share something they have already presented. For
> example, what has always fascinated me is how you can see the way in which
> a character changes throughout a book by looking at collocations such as
> (as I have heard) with Nora in Ibsen's a Doll's House. That is, if
> possible, I would like something apart from an analysis of stylistics or a
> comparison of books in terms of i.e. lexical bundles. Any suggestions
> would be very much appreciated.****
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> Kindest regards,****
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> Linda Bawcom****
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