Corpus linguistics, applied linguistics & technology in language education
The symposium will take place on Saturday 10 June 2017 at Edge Hill University. The focus of the Symposium is the interaction of lexis and grammar. The focus is influenced by Halliday’s view of lexis and grammar as “complementary perspectives” (1991: 32), and his conception of the two as notional ends of a continuum … Read more
From the TAALES website: Kyle, K. & Crossley, S. A. (2015). Automatically assessing lexical sophistication: Indices, tools, findings, and application. TESOL Quarterly 49(4), pp. 757-786. doi: 10.1002/tesq.194 TAALES is a tool that measures over 400 classic and new indices of lexical sophistication, and includes indices related to a wide range of sub-constructs. TAALES indices have … Read more
This course for learners of English helps you with the language you need to find a job and successfully function in the workplace. Starts October 31st 2016 Link here.
Second language education group series, University of Cambridge, 22 Feb, 2016 Back in the 80’s, researching English spoken by non native speakers was considered as a waste of time: what is the point in researching “bad” English? In the early days, it was language ideologies and attitudes, mutual intelligibility, speech and accommodation theory, and the early … Read more
Through the Corpora List :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics / Statistics for Corpus Linguistics http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/summerschool Lancaster University, UK – 14th to 17th July 2015 Since 2010, Lancaster University has run a highly successful series of free-to attend summer training events. In 2015, we will for the first time be running two corpus linguistics events in … Read more
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