The papers in this collection were chosen from the 52 papers and 12 posters originally presented at a symposium on corpus linguistics and language teaching held in November 2002 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Fifteen selections are organized into two sections on analyses of spoken and written language corpora and pedagogical applications of corpora. A sampling of topics: using a corpus to examine vague categorization and shared knowledge, the use of intonation to assert dominance and control, vocabulary-based discourse units in university registers, computer learner corpus research, student use of large corpora to investigate language change, and the Montclair electronic language database project. No subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person's first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. It presents a comprehensive view of the research in this field, emphasizing the connections between contrastive rhetoric and the related disciplines of composition studies, cultural anthropology, translation studies, and text linguistics. Connor draws on this research to provide sound advice for dealing with cross-cultural issues in a variety of second language writing contexts. Her goal is to make teachers aware of the many factors influencing their students' attempts to compose effective texts and to help teachers draw on the resources individual learners bring to the writing task. It is a solid reference for researchers and teachers in the field of second language writing.