Description: "On 28-30 June 2012, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) had the honour of hosting an international conference on Corpus Technologies and Applied Linguistics, CTAL-2012, in Suzhou. The event, co-sponsored by the University of Liverpool and the Corpus Linguistics Society of China, was a great success on at least two counts: it was the first major international corpus linguistics conference in China, and the first international conference hosted by XJTLU. There were more than 100 paper submissions, of which 68 were accepted for presentation by the Programme Committee. A total of 6 plenary speeches were given by international and Chinese corpus linguists of renown. For the first time ever at a single event, workshops on two popular corpus tools, Sketch Engine and Wordsmith Tools, were given by their designers. The contributions to this edited volume represent the best of CTAL-2012. A post conference call for full papers was issued, and after a rigorous process of double blind peer review, by an international panel of experts, 9 articles were selected for inclusion in the volume."
Review Quotes: "Zou, Smith, and Hoey did a great job in compiling this volume of corpus-based and corpus-driven research on Chinese, English, and EFL. ... This volume also opens many new venues of corpus-based research. ... Corpus Linguistics in Chinese Contexts will be of great value for corpus linguists, applied linguists, EFL and CSL practitioners, as well as anyone interested in the theoretical and practical issues related to corpora." (Chunsheng Yang, LINGUIST List, linguistlist.org, March, 2016)
"The volume under review was well written regarding the issues of corpus linguistics in China. ... this book is attempt to offer the data regarding current trends of some important issues of theory, tools and applications in corpus linguistic studies in China in a unique way. ... the book is very informative and provides valuable additional insights to the growing literature on corpus linguistics, in particular, the new development in China." (Qiurong Zhao, Chinese Language and Discourse, Vol. 7 (1), 2016)
"Corpus Linguistics in Chinese Contexts, provides a timely opportunity for practitioners in corpus linguistics worldwide to become familiar with the current exciting developments brought to language studies in China by the corpus approach. ... the volume successfully provides an engaging, up-to-date and multifaceted overview of the ongoing corpus-informed analysis of language teaching and research in China, making it a valuable resource for language teachers and researchers who are keen on integrating corpus technology into their work." (Wei Guan, System, Vol. 61, 2016)