Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
For digital natives, “research” is more likely to mean a Google search than a trip to the library […] it remains to be seen how corpus resources co-exist with online services like Google and online distionaries and how learners’ search habits behave in both contexts (Pérez-Paredes et al. 2012:484). Pérez-Paredes, P., Sánchez-Tornel, M., & Alcaraz … Read more
LINDSEI-TR: A New Spoken Corpus of Advanced Learners of EnglishBy Abdurrahman Kilimci Cukurova University, Faculty of Education, English Language Teaching Department, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey Abstract The aim of the present study is to describe the LINDSEI-TR, the Turkish component of the LINDSEI (the Louvain International Database of Spoken English), which was initiated to compile a … Read more
From data to evidence in English language research: Big data, rich data, uncharted data ***Conference in Helsinki, Finland, 19-22 October 2015*** To diversify the discussion of data explosion in the humanities, the Research Unit for Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG) is organising an academic conference that addresses the use of new data sources, … Read more
Check out Developing annotation solutions for online data driven learning, P. Pérez-Paredes, J.M. Álcaraz Calero, ReCALL 21, 55-75
Call for papers Research in Corpus Linguistics (RiCL) (official journal of the Spanish Association for Corpus Linguistics AELINCO, published by Academy Publisher)Research in Corpus Linguistics (RiCL, ISSN 2243-4712) is a peer-reviewed international scientific journal published annually, aiming at the publication of original research based on corpus data from different languages and language families and from … Read more
The University of Trier has the honour of organizing the 36th Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive for Modern and Medieval English in Trier, Germany Conference dates: 27–31 May 2015 The theme chosen for the conference is: Words, Words, Words – Corpora and Lexis ******************************************************************* Please support our conference grant proposal by signing up … Read more