"The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics" provides a timely overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Through the electronic analysis of large bodies of text, corpus linguistics demonstrates and supports linguistic statements and assumptions. In recent years it has seen an ever-widening application in a variety of fields including: computational linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, pragmatics and translation studies. Bringing together experts in a number of key areas of development and change, the handbook is structured around six themes which take the reader through building and designing a corpus to using a corpus to study literature and translation. Each theme is preceded by a substantial overview of the area putting the subsequent themes into perspective. A comprehensive introduction covers the historical development of the field and its growing influence and application in other areas. Structured around five headings for ease of reference, each contribution includes further reading sections with three to five key texts highlighted and annotated to facilitate further exploration of the topics. "The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics" is the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. Michael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK, Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Anne O'Keeffe is lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. The contributors include: Annelie Adel , Svenja Adolphs , Gisle Anderson, Guy Aston, Sarah Atkins , Fiona Barker ,Doug Biber , Elena Tognini Bonelli, Angela Chambers, Winnie Cheng , Brian Clancy, Susan Conrad, Janet Cotterill , Averil Coxhead , Philip Durrant , Jane Evison, Fiona Farr , Lynne Flowerdew , Gaetanelle Gilquin , Gregory Garretson , Sylviane Granger , Chris Greaves, Kieran O'Halloran , Mike Handford , Kevin Harvey , Susan Hunston, Rebecca Hughes , Martha Jones, Natalie Kubler , Marie-Madeleine Kenning, Almut Koester, David Lee , Xiaofei Lu , Jeanne McCarten , Dan McIntyre Rosamund Moon , Carolina Amador Moreno, Mike Nelson, Randi Reppen, Christoph Ruhlemann , Mike Scott , Passapong Sripcharn ,Paul Thompson, Scott Thornbury , Vo Thuc , Chris Tribble, Elaine Vaughan, Brian Walker, Steve Walsh, Elizabeth Walter Martin Warren, and Martin Wynne.