Dr Vander Viana, University of East Anglia
This talk is part of the “International Perspectives on Corpora for Language Learning online seminar series”.
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Dr Vander Viana, University of East Anglia
This talk is part of the “International Perspectives on Corpora for Language Learning online seminar series”.
–Corpus Linguistics and the Analysis of L2 Spoken and Written Texts
Dr Kris Kyle, University of Oregon
26 October, 19:00 (Madrid-Paris-Brussels-Berlin time) Zoom registration link
Productive lexical proficiency has been an important topic in applied linguistics for over 25 years (e.g., Crossley et al., 2011; Kyle & Crossley, 2015; Laufer & Nation, 1995). During this time, word frequency measures have played a dominant role (Laufer & Nation, 1995). While word frequency is undoubtedly important, a number of recent studies have demonstrated that lexical proficiency is most accurately modeled when multiple lexical and lexicogrammatical features are used (e.g., Kim et al., 2018; Kyle et al., 2018;). In this talk, an overview of selected measures of lexical proficiency at the word (e.g., concreteness, contextual diversity, lexical access, etc.) and lexicogrammatical (i.e., n-gram, dependency relations and verb-verb argument construction strength of association) level is provided. The use of these features is then highlighted in two learner corpus research studies.
Kristopher Kyle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon. His research interests include second language acquisition, second language writing, and second language assessment. He is addresses these topics using corpus linguistic methods through the adaptation and development of natural language processing tools.
Coordination: Prof Pascual Pérez-Paredes
This event is sponsored by the Facultad de Letras, Universidad de Murcia, and the English Department, Universidad de Murcia.
Dr Peter Crosthwaite, The University of Queensland
Part of Online seminar International Perspectives on Corpora for Education
–Researching writing development with a corpus
Dr Phil Durrant, University of Exeter
6 October 2021, 19:00 (Madrid time) – Register
Corpus research methods have much to offer the study of writing development, enabling reliable analysis of large samples of authentic learner writing and highlighting subtle developmental patterns that are difficult to detect by other means. While the increasing availability of corpora and of software for analysing them are opening up exciting new research possibilities, it is important to reflect on the methodological nature of such work and to consider what corpora can and cannot tell us about writing development. Drawing on both a large-scale literature review and a recent corpus project on school children’s writing in England, this presentation will explore how corpus measures of written language use can be employed and interpreted to inform studies of first and second language writing development.
Phil Durrant is Associate Professor of Language and Education at the University of Exeter. He previously taught English at language schools and universities in Turkey and the UK.
Coordination: Prof Pascual Pérez-Paredes
This event is sponsored by the Facultad de Letras, Universidad de Murcia, and the English Department, Universidad de Murcia.
–Researching writing development with a corpus
Dr Phil Durrant, University of Exeter
6 October 2021, 19:00 (Madrid time) – Register
–Corpus linguistics and the analysis of political discourse
Prof. Encarnación Hidalgo Tenorio, Universidad de Granada
13 October 2021, 19:00 (Madrid time) – Register
–Corpus linguistics and the analysis of language ideology
Dr. Rachelle Vessey, Carleton University, Canada
20 October, 19:00 (Madrid time) – Register
–Corpus Linguistics and the Analysis of L2 Spoken and Written Texts
Dr Kris Kyle, University of Oregon
26 October, 19:00 (Madrid time) – Register
For more information visit https://www.um.es/languagecorpora/2021lectures/
All talks will start at 19:00 (Madrid-Paris-Brussels-Berlin time)
This event is sponsored by the Facultad de Letras and the English Department at Universidad de Murcia. Event organized by the The Languages for specific purposes, language corpora, and English linguistics applied to knowledge engineering research group at Universidad de Murcia.
Updated 20/09/2021