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1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2021

Philip Durrant ,
Mark Brenchley  and
Lee McCallum
Philip Durrant
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Mark Brenchley
Affiliation:
Cambridge Assessment English
Lee McCallum
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
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This chapter sets out the aims of the book and delimits its scope by defining the field of quantitative corpus linguistics (QCL), describing its key strengths as a way of understanding written-language development, and setting out some of the methodological problems which researchers need to untangle. It then outlines the systematic literature reviews on which the book is based and provides a broad overview of the trajectories this literature has taken over time.

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writing developmentsecond-language writingchild writingcorpus linguisticslearner corpus
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Understanding Development and Proficiency in Writing
Quantitative Corpus Linguistic Approaches
 , pp. 1 - 13
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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