Job Interview Corpus

This book contains the transcription of 40 authentic job interviews conducted in English. It may be used for linguistic analyses of spoken discourse and as material for language learning in the classroom. It includes an introduction to corpus linguistics and a discussion of the discourse genre job interview.

The aim of this book and its accompanying audio files is to make accessible a corpus of 40 authentic job interviews conducted in English. The recordings and transcriptions of the interviews published here may be used by students, teachers and researchers alike for linguistic analyses of spoken discourse and as authentic material for language learning in the classroom. The book includes an introduction to corpus linguistics, offering insight into different kinds of corpora and discussing their main characteristics. Furthermore, major features of the discourse genre job interview are outlined and detailed information is given concerning the job interview corpus published in this book.

Contents: Job interview Corpus linguistics Job interview corpus Transcription conventions Data transcription Spoken discourse Language learning Main characteristics of corpora Job interview as a discourse genre.