1. SOME CONCLUSIONS

2. CADS Tognini-Bonelli Tognini-Bonelli Corpus-based Corpus-based Corpus-driven Corpus-driven

3. CADS Corpus-based : corpus as a library of texts to be searched to exemplify conclusions at which the researcher has already arrived Corpus-based : corpus as a library of texts to be searched to exemplify conclusions at which the researcher has already arrived (Very Bad) (Very Bad)

4. CADS Corpus-driven : the theoretical statement can only be formulated in the presence of corpus evidence and is fully accountable to it (p. 11). We have to trust the texts. Corpus-driven : the theoretical statement can only be formulated in the presence of corpus evidence and is fully accountable to it (p. 11). We have to trust the texts. (Good) (Good)

5. CADS Corpus-assisted : a bit of each when necessary Corpus-assisted : a bit of each when necessary

6. CorDis CorDis : How the Iraq conflict was discussed and reported. (Sub-)Corpora: US Senate; UK HoC US Senate; UK HoC White House briefings White House briefings TV news TV news Newspapers Newspapers Hutton Inquiry Hutton Inquiry

7. CorDis How various news organs reported on the coverage of other news organs How various news organs reported on the coverage of other news organs Pro-intervention vs Anti-war camps Pro-intervention vs Anti-war camps

8. armchair Playing with WordSmith Key Clusters (inductive: corpus-driven) Playing with WordSmith Key Clusters (inductive: corpus-driven) armchair generals armchair generals

9. armchair armchair armchair General* etc General* etc Washingtons armchair warriors Washingtons armchair warriors Keyboard warriors Keyboard warriors Yankee jim-jam generals Yankee jim-jam generals

10. armchair That's not the bar-room consensus of assorted half-pint bombardiers and white-wine generals in the Pig and Missile … That's not the bar-room consensus of assorted half-pint bombardiers and white-wine generals in the Pig and Missile …

11. armchair Hypothesis: armchair X displays an unfavourable prosody Hypothesis: armchair X displays an unfavourable prosody Look up other corpora to find more examples in support Look up other corpora to find more examples in support Corpus-based (oh dear) Corpus-based (oh dear)

12. armchair Papers05 Papers05 Bad: armchair expert, patriot, critic Bad: armchair expert, patriot, critic Good: armchair traveller, banking, investment, fieldwork Good: armchair traveller, banking, investment, fieldwork

13. armchair Combination of corpus-driven and corpus-based leads to refinement of hypothesis: Combination of corpus-driven and corpus-based leads to refinement of hypothesis: Two armchair X: For pontification For pontification For travelling, working, money-making For travelling, working, money-making

14. CADS Summary Overview & detail; quantity & quality; c-driven & c-based; induction and deduction Overview & detail; quantity & quality; c-driven & c-based; induction and deduction Non-obvious meaning Non-obvious meaning

15. CADS Summary Free-thinking: find out things for ourselves Free-thinking: find out things for ourselves We can check or para-replicate the claims of other scholars We can check or para-replicate the claims of other scholars

16. CADS Types of research: Types of research: Linguistic Linguistic Sociolinguistic: sociolects; idiolects; techno- lects Sociolinguistic: sociolects; idiolects; techno- lects

17. Armchair linguist to the Corpus linguist: Armchair linguist to the Corpus linguist: Why should I think that what you tell me is interesting? Why should I think that what you tell me is interesting? CADS: value of reinforcing introspection with observation CADS: value of reinforcing introspection with observation