Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
perezparedes Through the corpora list & Prof. Mark Davies :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We are pleased to announce the release of the 1.6 billion word Hansard Corpus . The corpus is part of the SAMUELS project and has been funded by the AHRC (UK). The Hansard Corpus contains 1.6 billion words from 7.6 million speeches in the British Parliament from … Read more
The European Journal of Applied Linguistics (EuJAL) focuses on the particular concerns of applied linguistics in European contexts, both by addressing problems that are typically relevant for the linguistic situation in Europe, from those on the level of the EU as a pan-national body down to the level of the individual, and by examining topics … Read more
Through the Linkedin computational linguistics group ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: extJWNL (Extended Java WordNet Library) is a Java API for creating, reading and updating dictionaries in WordNet format. The library features support for: * browsing, creating, editing and writing dictionaries * encodings, including UTF-8 * Java generics * huge dictionaries * instance dictionaries and static singletone dictionary * … Read more
This is a selection of online text tools for those interested in text manipulation: Word count Character count Remove line breaks Remove spaces Reverse a text string Remove accents Line counter Text repeat Compare two strings Lower/upper case Remove lines that contain X More here.
The 2015 CALICO Monograph: Researching Language Learner Interactions Online: From Social Media to MOOCs edited by Ed Dixon and Michael Thomas is now available. Ch. 1 Edward Dixon Michael Thomas Introduction Ch. 2 Dana Milstein Pancake People, Throwaway Culture, and En Media Res Practices: A New Era of Distance Foreign Language Learning Ch. 3 … Read more
From the corpora list ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We are inviting applications for a 33 month Research Associate position in the University of Cambridge, working with Nigel Collier (PI) on the PheneBank project. The deadline for applications is the 2nd August 2015 with the successful candidate expected to start at the end of September/early October 2015. The project … Read more