Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
Representativeness Balance, representativeness and comparability are ideals which corpus builders strive for but rarely, if ever, attain. In truth, the measures of balance and representativeness are matters of degree. V´aradi (2001) has been critical of the failure of corpus linguists to fully define and realise a balanced and representative corpus. Even proposals, such as those … Read more
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
First steps Some useful tutorials Concordances: simple searches Concordances: advanced search CQL 1: basic syntax CQL 2: document structures CQ3: search within structures Build your own corpus
Pérez-Paredes, P. (1996) El aprendizaje de inglés por parte de adultos. Hacia una comunicación más eficaz dentro del contexto del contexto de las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas. Cartagena: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena. 168 Páginas. ISBN: 84-87529-38-0
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
In this session we’ll look at some corpus linguistics methods that can be used to analyse a text or a group of texts automatically. You can find further information and resources in my book Corpus Linguistics for Education. A Guide for Research. Routledge. In a way, corpus linguistics could be seen as a type of … Read more