T. Karpenko-Seccombe. Academic writing with corpora: A resource book for data-driven learning (2nd ed.).London: Routledge, 2025. 226 pp. ISBN 978-1032731865

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Published online: 30 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.25029.asl

Article outline

1.Introduction
2.Chapter-by-chapter commentary
- Chapter 1: Introduction to corpus tools
- Chapter 2: Introduction to AntConc. Building and using a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) corpus
- Chapter 3: Observing and using language patterns
- Chapter 4: Rhetorical and discourse features in general and subject-specific corpora
- Chapter 5: Writing research papers with corpora
3.Critical evaluation
4.Conclusion
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T. Karpenko-Seccombe. Academic writing with corpora: A resource book for data-driven learning (2nd ed.).London: Routledge, 2025. 226 pp. ISBN 978-1032731865

T. Karpenko-Seccombe. Academic writing with corpora: A resource book for data-driven learning (2nd ed.).London: Routledge, 2025. 226 pp. ISBN 978-1032731865