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      Evison, J. 2010. ‘What are the basics of analysing a corpus?’ in Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 122-135
      Book editor(s): O'Keeffe, A. and M. McCarthy.
      ISBN: 978-0-415-49067-2
      Summary: This book is an introduction and reference point to key areas in applied linguistics. The forty-seven chapters connect knowledge about language to decision-making in the real world. This chapter focuses on the basics of corpus analysis and draws on research into a range of data including university interactions.
      Country of research: various
      Learners' background: various
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: University of Nottingham (School of Education)
      Evison, J. 2009. ‘Academic discourse’ in Routledge Pragmatics Encyclopedia. London: Routledge, pp. 27-29
      Book editor(s): Cummings, L.
      ISBN: 415430968
      Summary: This is a comprehensive reference volume that covers key concepts, theories, issues and scholars that have shaped the field of pragmatics. This chapter focuses on the pragmatic features and interactive nature of both written and spoken academic discourse.
      Entered by: University of Nottingham (School of Education)
      Evison, J. and R. Pemberton. 2009. ‘TESOL Talk from Nottingham: Using Podcasts to Develop Criticality Amongst Postgraduate TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Students’.
      Summary: This article reports on the success of using recordings of unscripted academic conversations as part of an integrated approach to the development of critical thinking skills amongst MA TESOL students at a UK university, the majority of whom are studying in a second language.
      URL: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/integrativelearning//images/File/Case_Studies_Volume_2/CS_Evison_Pemberton.pdf
      Country of research: United Kingdom
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: University of Nottingham (School of Education)
      Evison, J. 2008. Turn-Openers in Academic Talk: An Exploration of Discourse Responsibility.
      Supervisor(s): McCarthy, M.J.
      Awarding institution: University of Nottingham
      Thesis type: PhD
      Entered by: University of Nottingham (School of English Studies)
      Evison, J., M.J. McCarthy and A. O'Keeffe. 2007. ‘Looking out for love and all the rest of it: Vague category markers as shared social space’ in Vague Language Explored. Hampshire: Palgrave, pp. 138-157
      Book editor(s): Cutting, J.
      ISBN: 1-4039-8817-X
      Summary: This chapter used the British English CANCODE corpus and the Irish English LICE corpus to explore vague language in contexts where the participants have different degrees of shared knowledge and intimacy, notably casual conversation, spoken academic data, and calls to radio phone ins. The implications for language teaching are considered.
      Entered by: University of Nottingham (School of Education)