SciE-Lex
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Isabel Verdaguer
Abstract
This chapter deals with the main methodological issues underlying the building of the SciE-Lex lexical database and discusses and justifies the information included. SciE-Lex was initially conceived as a response to the lack of reference tools that can help scientists write scientific papers in phraseologically competent and native-like English. While there are a number of specialised dictionaries that include specific terminological information, there is a shortage of writing aids that provide information about the use of non-technical terms in scientific genres. SciE-Lex aims at filling this gap by focusing on the description of general terms in scientific English. This article describes the two stages in the building of the database, the first one including morphosyntactic and collocational information, and the second one focusing on phraseological information.
Abstract
This chapter deals with the main methodological issues underlying the building of the SciE-Lex lexical database and discusses and justifies the information included. SciE-Lex was initially conceived as a response to the lack of reference tools that can help scientists write scientific papers in phraseologically competent and native-like English. While there are a number of specialised dictionaries that include specific terminological information, there is a shortage of writing aids that provide information about the use of non-technical terms in scientific genres. SciE-Lex aims at filling this gap by focusing on the description of general terms in scientific English. This article describes the two stages in the building of the database, the first one including morphosyntactic and collocational information, and the second one focusing on phraseological information.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- Collocations, lexical bundles and SciE-Lex 1
- SciE-Lex 21
- Formal and functional variation of lexical bundles in biomedical English 39
- A corpus-based analysis of the collocational patterning of adjectives with abstract nouns in medical English 55
- As described below 73
- Negation in biomedical English 105
- A cross-disciplinary analysis of personal and impersonal features in English and Spanish scientific writing 121
- Gender assignment in present-day scientific English 145
- The metaphorical basis of discourse structure 165
- Frames, constructions, and metaphors in Spanish FrameNet 185
- Subject index 211
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- Collocations, lexical bundles and SciE-Lex 1
- SciE-Lex 21
- Formal and functional variation of lexical bundles in biomedical English 39
- A corpus-based analysis of the collocational patterning of adjectives with abstract nouns in medical English 55
- As described below 73
- Negation in biomedical English 105
- A cross-disciplinary analysis of personal and impersonal features in English and Spanish scientific writing 121
- Gender assignment in present-day scientific English 145
- The metaphorical basis of discourse structure 165
- Frames, constructions, and metaphors in Spanish FrameNet 185
- Subject index 211
