14.146, Books: Comp Ling: Granger, Hung, Petch-Tyson (eds.)

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Subject: 14.146, Books: Comp Ling: Granger, Hung, Petch-Tyson (eds.)

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Date:  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:16:38 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition...

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Date:  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:16:38 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition...

Title: Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition and
       Foreign Language Teaching
Series Title: Language Learning & Language Teaching 6

Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/, http://www.benjamins.nl

Book URL:
http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LL_LT_6
Availability: Available

Editor: Sylviane  Granger, Université Catholique de Louvain
Editor: Joseph  Hung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Editor: Stephanie  Petch-Tyson, Université Catholique de Louvain

Hardback: ISBN: 1588112934, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: USD 80.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027217017, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: EUR 80.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1588112942, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: USD 35.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9027217025, Pages: x, 246 pp., Price: EUR 36.00

Abstract:

This book takes stock of current research into computer learner
corpora conducted both by ELT and SLA specialists. It should be of
particular interest to researchers looking to assess its relevance to
SLA theory and ELT practice. Throughout the volume, emphasis is also
placed on practical, methodological aspects of computer learner corpus
research, in particular the contribution of technology to the research
process. The advantages and disadvantages of automated and
semi-automated approaches are analyzed, the capabilities of linguistic
software tools investigated, the corpora (and compilation processes)
described in detail. In this way, an important function of the volume
is to give practical insight to researchers who may be considering
compiling a corpus of learner data or embarking on learner corpus
research.

The volume is divided into three main sections:

Section 1 gives a general overview of learner corpus research;
Section 2 illustrates a range of corpus-based approaches to
	  interlanguage analysis;
Section 3 demonstrates the direct pedagogical relevance of learner
	  corpus work.

Table of Contents

Preface  vii
List of contributors  ix
I. The role of computer learner corpora in SLA research and FLT
A Birds-eye view of learner corpus research
     Sylviane Granger  3
II. Corpus-based approaches to interlanguage
Using bilingual corpus evidence in learner corpus research
     Bengt Altenberg  37
Modality in advanced Swedish learners written interlanguage
     Karin Aijmer  55
A corpus-based study of the L2-acquisition of the English verb system
     Alex Housen  77
III. Corpus-based approaches to foreign language pedagogy
The pedagogical value of native and learner corpora in EFL grammar
teaching
     Fanny Meunier  119
Learner corpora and language testing: smallwords as markers of learner
fluency
     Angela Hasselgren  143
Business English: Learner data from Belgium, Finland and the U. S.
     Ulla Connor, Kristen Precht and Thomas A. Upton  175
The TELEC secondary learner corpus: a resource for teacher development
     Quentin Grant Allan  195
Pedagogy and local learner corpora: working with learning-driven data
     Barbara Seidlhofer  213
Index  235

Lingfield(s):   Computational Linguistics
		Language Acquisition
		Language Learning (Language Acquisition)

Written In: English (Language Code: English)

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