Concordancing lexical primings
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Stephen Jeaco
Abstract
Lexical Priming (Hoey 2005) brings together a range of linguistic patterns that should be an important focus of language learning and teaching. But it also adds an additional load to learners and teachers, demanding attention to different primings of words and nested combinations of words. With many tendencies difficult to observe in dictionary entries or other concordancing software, learners and teachers will face difficulties finding and presenting information about these primings. This chapter introduces the design of a concordancer (The Prime Machine), created for a doctoral degree project and developed to be firmly based on the theory of Lexical Priming. It introduces the pedagogical rationale for the development of some key features, including the search screen interface and the display of concordance lines.
Abstract
Lexical Priming (Hoey 2005) brings together a range of linguistic patterns that should be an important focus of language learning and teaching. But it also adds an additional load to learners and teachers, demanding attention to different primings of words and nested combinations of words. With many tendencies difficult to observe in dictionary entries or other concordancing software, learners and teachers will face difficulties finding and presenting information about these primings. This chapter introduces the design of a concordancer (The Prime Machine), created for a doctoral degree project and developed to be firmly based on the theory of Lexical Priming. It introduces the pedagogical rationale for the development of some key features, including the search screen interface and the display of concordance lines.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Foreword ix
- Introduction xi
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Part I. Discourse analysis
- Cohesion and coherence in a content-specific corpus 3
- A corpus-based investigation into English representations of Turks and Ottomans in the early modern period 41
- Forced lexical primings in transdiscoursive political messaging 67
- Can lexical priming be detected in conversation turn-taking strategies? 93
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Part II. Similes, synonymy and metaphors
- Lexical priming and the selection and sequencing of synonyms 121
- Lexical priming and metaphor – Evidence of nesting in metaphoric language 141
- Teaching near-synonyms more effectively 163
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Part III. Collocations, associations and priming
- Lexical priming and register variation 189
- Colligational effects of collocation 231
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Part IV. Language learning and teaching
- Lexical and morphological priming 253
- Concordancing lexical primings 273
- Notes on authors 297
- Index 303
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Foreword ix
- Introduction xi
-
Part I. Discourse analysis
- Cohesion and coherence in a content-specific corpus 3
- A corpus-based investigation into English representations of Turks and Ottomans in the early modern period 41
- Forced lexical primings in transdiscoursive political messaging 67
- Can lexical priming be detected in conversation turn-taking strategies? 93
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Part II. Similes, synonymy and metaphors
- Lexical priming and the selection and sequencing of synonyms 121
- Lexical priming and metaphor – Evidence of nesting in metaphoric language 141
- Teaching near-synonyms more effectively 163
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Part III. Collocations, associations and priming
- Lexical priming and register variation 189
- Colligational effects of collocation 231
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Part IV. Language learning and teaching
- Lexical and morphological priming 253
- Concordancing lexical primings 273
- Notes on authors 297
- Index 303
