Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
Tyler & Ortega (2018: 317): Quite simply, corpora are the place to look for patterns of usage. Moreover, we believe that in usage-inspired instruction L2 targets should be taught not just because they can be taught – that is, because we have a good linguistic description or can create good materials – but because corpus … Read more
Are you a researcher interested in finding out about the English language corpora at Cambridge University Press? The Press has a number of English language corpora that University of Cambridge researchers can access. This workshop will give you an introduction to the corpora at the Press and give you some hands-on experience of working with … Read more
ICAME40 at the Université de Neuchâtel June 1–5, 2019 Switzerland December 15 deadline Language in Time, Time in Language In addition to contributions to the main conference, we are also inviting submissions for four exciting pre-conference workshops, to be held on June 1 (see website for descriptions): * Big data and the study of language … Read more
A corpus-driven analysis of certainty stance adverbs: Obviously, really and actually in spoken native and learner English Pascual Pérez-Paredes & Camino Bueno-Alastuey Download our paper.
Keynote: Pensamiento computacional y aprendizaje de lenguas Pdf de mi presentación. Selección de recursos sobre lingüística de corpus y lenguas.
Recently, one of my students asked for some pointers in corpus linguistics and vocabulary learning. Here´s my top 5 impromptu list. Sinclair, J. (2003). Reading concordances. An introduction. Harlow: Longman. This is a great resource to fully understand the implications of using concordances to derive (linguistic) meaning. Leńko-Szymańska, A. (2015). The English Vocabulary Profile as … Read more