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Corpora and Rhetorically Informed Text Analysis: The diverse applications of DocuScopeEdited by David West Brown and Danielle Zawodny Wetzel
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 109] 2023
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Edited by David West Brown and Danielle Zawodny Wetzel
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 109] 2023
► pp. 2–24
The DocuScope project
History, theory and future directions
This chapter overviews the history of the DocuScope project. In its inception, we sought a production theory underlying rhetorical composition and decision-making. Our pursuit of a theory led to the development of large-scale dictionaries of language patterns we have curated for over two decades. The major conceptual continua that have guided our curation efforts and major taxonomies are discussed, including the four types of polysemy we have had to address to ensure our dictionary patterns are as ambiguity-free as possible. We conclude by reviewing our recent efforts to apply the dictionaries for writing education on small textual samples, including single texts.
Keywords: rhetoric as design, comparative genre, computational rhetoric, rhetorical polysemy, writing education, coherence, impressions
Article outline
- 1.Historical and theoretical challenge: Understanding rhetorical language production
- 2.Dictionary curation: Addressing the challenges of polysemy
- 3.Recent developments: Collocating composing patterns and topical structure
- 4.Conclusion: The value of small milestones and future prospects
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