Learner Corpus Research: New Perspectives and Applications

✍ Scribed by Vaclav Brezina; Lynne Flowerdew

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 200
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume showcases original, agenda-setting studies in the field of learner corpus research of both spoken and written production. The studies have important applications for classroom pedagogy.
The volume brings readers up-to-date with new written and spoken learner corpora, often looking at previously under-examined variables in learner corpus investigations. It also demonstrates innovative applications of learner corpus findings, addressing issues such as the effect of task, the effect of learner variables and the nature of learner language.
The volume is of significant interest to researchers working in corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, second language acquisition and English for Academic and Specific Purposes, as well to practitioners interested in the application of the findings in language teaching and assessment

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Task and Learner Variables
1. The effect of task and topic on opportunity of use in learner corpora
2. Phrasal verbs in spoken L2 English: The effect of L2 proficiency and L1 background
3. Investigating the effect of the study abroad variable on learner output: A pseudo-longitudinal study on spoken German learner English
Part 2: Analysis of Learner Language
4. Disagreement in L2 spoken English: From learner corpus research to corpus-based teaching materials
5. Self-repetitions in learners’ spoken language: A corpus-based study
6. Corpus-driven study of information systems project reports
7. Beyond frequencies: Investigating the semantic and stylistic features of phrasal verbs in a three-year longitudinal study corpus by Chinese university students
8. Figurative language in intermediate-level second language writing
Index of Names
Index of Subjects