Corpus Linguistics: Working with large-scale text data

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply corpus linguistic methods and techniques to primary data analysis
• justify methodological choices in data collection, curation and analysis
• critically evaluate the uses, advantages, and disadvantages of using corpus linguistic methods

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use general and specialist software for large-scale textual analysis
• apply basic approaches to visualising research findings from linguistic data
• design, develop, and pre-process a large-scale text corpus for analysis

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• critically evaluate methodological choices in existing research
• work independently towards specific research aims
• communicate the development, design and findings of research in multiple modes and formats (e.g. oral; written; multimodal)

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the methodological and theoretical underpinnings of corpus linguistics
• quantitative and statistical measures in large-scale text analysis
• methods for designing, developing, and analysing large-scale text corpora

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.