Re: Corpora: corpora containing business texts

From: Gordon and Pam Cain (gpcain@rivernet.com.au)
Date: Sun Jun 04 2000 - 09:51:31 MET DST

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    > Phillip Morrow wrote:
    >
    > A graduate student of mine is trying to find corpora containing
    > business-related texts (other than newspaper or magazine texts) in
    > English for his thesis research. Can anyone help us locate such
    > corpora?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    > Phillip Morrow
    > Nagoya Gakuin University
    > Nagoya, Japan
    >

    Dear Phillip--

    Last year for my MA, I wanted business textbook texts in electronic
    format, and found a lot at:

    http://nsns.com/Syllabits

    Syllabits is a site linked to other sites where lecturers in different
    business subjects post their class notes on-line. I found a lot of good
    stuff for marketing, as that was my area of interest.

    The quality of the notes varied, from plain notes -- ie, not full
    sentences or paragraphs -- to full notes to even one 'hyperbook'. As my
    study was lexically-based, I could use all those sites.

    Ethically, I suppose your student would have to contact each lecturer
    separately. Most replied and were quite happy for me to use their notes.
    One couldn't let me, as he had posted proprietary material that his
    textbook publisher gave him, and a few never replied to me.

    I hope this helps.

    Gordon Cain 

    --
Gordon Cain
Teacher of ESOL
Coverdale International English College
Riverstone (Sydney) Australia
gpcain@rivernet.com.au

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