Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) Annotated Edition

This book offers an accessible overview of the field and method of corpus linguistics. The authors work hard to inform you of their own theoretical positions while still describing in great detail views which they do not share but are nonetheless prominent in the field. The practical activities and further readings are a huge help for going beyond this text.

Dry book - but some really great information pieces in here - everyone does have different tastes - for me I couldn't keep my eyes open - I had to reference it during my semester project for several pieces of information that I could not find from a simple internet search, so there is something to be said about the value of information related to corpora