Corpus research for SLA
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Ute Römer
Abstract
This chapter argues that corpus linguistics has a lot to offer to research and practice in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), especially if different methods and data types are combined in a “methodological pluralism” sense (McEnery & Hardie 2012: 227). The chapter also suggests that progress in corpus-based SLA research will depend to some extent on successful collaborations between corpus linguists and scholars from related fields. After a brief overview of some existing uses of corpora in SLA, the chapter will present findings from two case studies that benefited from mixing methods and from the author’s collaboration with researchers from neighbouring disciplines.
Abstract
This chapter argues that corpus linguistics has a lot to offer to research and practice in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), especially if different methods and data types are combined in a “methodological pluralism” sense (McEnery & Hardie 2012: 227). The chapter also suggests that progress in corpus-based SLA research will depend to some extent on successful collaborations between corpus linguists and scholars from related fields. After a brief overview of some existing uses of corpora in SLA, the chapter will present findings from two case studies that benefited from mixing methods and from the author’s collaboration with researchers from neighbouring disciplines.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
- Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
- The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
- Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
- Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
- Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
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Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
- Family collocation 165
- Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
- The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
- Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
- Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
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Part III: Learner contexts
- A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
- Phraseological teddy bears 339
- “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
- Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
- Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
- Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
- Corpus research for SLA 467
- List of contributors 483
- Index 487
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
- Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
- The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
- Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
- Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
- Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
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Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
- Family collocation 165
- Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
- The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
- Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
- Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
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Part III: Learner contexts
- A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
- Phraseological teddy bears 339
- “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
- Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
- Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
- Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
- Corpus research for SLA 467
- List of contributors 483
- Index 487
