MA of L2 learner English

Corpus Linguistics 2015, University of Lancaster, 21-24 July Yu Yuan: “Exploring the variation in world Learner Englishes: A multidimensional analysis of L2 written corpora” 109 features included in the analysis RQ: Can Biber’s model be extended? How do features co-occur in learner English?   Data ICLE 1.0 (Granger, 2002) SWEECL 2.0 (Wen & Wang, 2008) … Read more

1.6 billion word Hansard Corpus available

  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

Extended Java WordNet Library Updated

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

Online text tools

  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.      

Researching Language Learner Interactions Online: From Social Media to MOOCs

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