1. Corpus linguistics; 2. Accessing and analysing corpus data; 3. The web, laws and ethics; 4. English corpus linguistics; 5. Corpus-based studies of synchronic and diachronic variation; 6. Neo-Firthian corpus linguistics; 7. Corpus methods and functionalist linguistics; 8. The convergence of corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, and functionalist linguistics; 9. Conclusion.
Corpus linguistics : method, theory and practice by Tony McEnery. ISBN 9780521547369. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.