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Archived Version 2012 - 2013

Module Title	Corpus Linguistics for Translators
Module Code	LC524
School	SALIS
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Dr Dorothy Kenny	Office Number	C138
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module introduces students to corpus-based research into language and translation, explores the empirical methods used by corpus linguists, and gives students hands-on experience of corpus building and processing and an opportunity to design and implement their own corpus-based research.

Learning Outcomes

1. explain the approach taken to the analysis of linguistic data adopted by selected corpus linguists
2. outline the relevance of corpus research to selected questions in translation studies
3. build their own corpus
4. manipulate corpus data using apppropriate electronic tools
5. analyse corpus data using appropriate conceptual categories
6. design, implement and present a corpus-based research project

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	12	No Description
Lecture	12	No Description
Laboratory	12	Practical exercises conducted in computer lab
Laboratory	12	Practical exercises conducted in computer lab
Directed learning	25	Set reading
Directed learning	25	Set reading
Independent Study	25	Student-selected reading in preparation for project
Independent Study	25	Student-selected reading in preparation for project
Assignment Completion	51	Design, execution and write-up of corpus-based project
Assignment Completion	51	Design, execution and write-up of corpus-based project
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

history of corpus linguistics
pre-computer corpora and early electronic corpora: Brown, LOB, Cobuild, BNC

corpus linguistics as methodology
corpus-driven and corpus-based research; hypothesis formation and testing; quantitative and qualitative approaches

basic corpus processing
wordlists, keywords, concordancing

using corpus tools
WordSmith; Xaira; Sketch Engine; etc.

collocation and collocation analysis
Firthian and neo-Firthian approaches to collocation, colligation and related lexico-grammatical phenomena (including semantic and discourse prosody); use of measures such as Mutual Information, log likelihood, etc.

corpora and discourse analysis
corpus approaches to the analysis of transitivity, metaphor, and stereotyping

corpus-based translation studies
parallel and comparable corpus studies of 'general features of translation', including explicitation, normalization, simplification, etc; investigation of translator styles and narrative structure

corpus creation
corpus design criteria; using existing resources (e.g. through Sketch Engine)

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable

Indicative Reading List

Barnbrook, Geoff: 1996, Language and Computers, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh,
Bowker, Lynne: 2002, Computer-Aided Translation Technology: A Practical Introduction, chapter on corpora, Ottawa University Press, Ottawa,
Bowker, Lynne and Jennifer Pearson: 2002, Working with Specialized Language: A practical guide to using corpora, Routledge, London/New York,
Deignan, Alice: 2005, Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics, 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, 978 1 58811 647 5
Kenny, Dorothy: 2001, Lexis and Creativity in Translation: A Corpus-based Study, 1st, Saint Jerome Publishing, Manchester, 9781900650380 / 1-900650-38-X
Olohan, Maeve: 2004, Introducing Corpora in Translation Studies, Routledge, London/New York,
Sinclair, John: 1991, Corpus, Concordance, Collocation, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Stubbs, Michael: 1996, Text and Corpus Analysis, Blackwell, Oxford,
Stubbs, Michael: 2001, Words and Phrases, Blackwell, Oxford,

Other Resources

None

Programme or List of Programmes

ALPD	PhD
ALPM	MA
ALPT	PhD-track
ARAPM	Master of Arts
ARPD	PhD
ARPM	MSc
ARPT	PhD-track
CSPD	PhD
CSPM	Master of Arts
CSPT	PhD-track
ESPD	PhD
ESPM	MA
ESPT	PhD-track
GDALIS	GDip in Applied Lang & Intercul Studies
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Programme (Humanities)
GTS	Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies
LGPD	PhD
LGPM	MA
LGPT	PhD-track
MTS	Master of Arts in Translation Studies
MTT	MSc in Translation Technology

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