Sebastian Hoffmann, Ph.D. (2003), University of Zurich, is Professor of English Linguistics at Trier University. His research is situated within usage-based approaches to the study of language; his main areas of interest include tag questions, World Englishes and corpus-linguistic methodology. Andrea Sand, Ph.D. (1995), habil. (2005), University of Freiburg, is Professor of English Linguistics at Trier University. Her predominantly corpus-based research is especially focused on World Englishes. She has also been involved in the compilation of several corpora (e.g. FROWN). Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Ph.D. (2005, Siegen), habil. (2014, Düsseldorf) is Professor of English Linguistics at Trier University. Her publications include various articles on English morphology, the monograph English Prosodic Morphology (2007) and an Introduction to English Linguistics (2015, co-authored). Lisa Marie Dillmann, M.A. (2016, Trier) is a PhD student at Trier University. Some of her current research interests are multilingualism, the field of sociolinguistics, World Englishes, specifically Asian Englishes and English in Singapore, and computer-mediated communication Contributors are: Contributors: Karin Aijmer, Moisés Almela, Yves Bestgen, Pascual Cantos, Maïté Dupont, Costas Gabrielatos, Sylviane Granger, John Kirk, Gabriele Knappe, Antoinette Renouf, Julia Schlüter, and Edmund Weiner.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionSebastian Hoffmann, Andrea Sand, Sabine Arndt-Lappe and Lisa Marie Dillmann1 Modelling Lexical Structures in the Oxford English DictionaryEdmund Weiner2 Investigating the Circumstances of CoinageAntoinette Renouf3 Synonym Selection as a Strategy of Stress Clash AvoidanceJulia Schlüter and Gabriele Knappe4 Intensification with Very, Really and So in Selected Varieties of EnglishKarin Aijmer5 The Pragmatics of Well as a Discourse Marker in Broadcast DiscussionsJohn M. Kirk6 Between Lexis and Discourse: A Cross-Register Study of Connectors of ContrastMaïté Dupont7 Towards a Model of Co-Collocation Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Preliminary ResultsMoisés Almela and Pascual Cantos8 The Lexicogrammar of Be Interested: Description and PedagogyCostas Gabrielatos9 Tracking L2 Writers’ Phraseological Development Using Collgrams: Evidence from a Longitudinal EFL CorpusYves Bestgen and Sylviane Granger

“In conclusion, corpus linguists can look forward to reading this fine selection of a top quality papers first presented at the 36th ICAME conference in Trier. Indeed, the volume provides more than the results of a few fascinating individual case studies using a range of corpus resources and state-of-the-art tools: it also explores methodological issues and proposes new procedures and measures. Moreover, Corpora and Lexis also contributes to the refinement and development of (new) theoretical concepts and features novel applications of corpus-based findings in lexicographic and pedagogical applications.” ~ Elen Le Foll, Universität Osnabrück, on LINGUIST List (July 2019)