Academic vocabulary in learner writing: from extraction to analysis
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Beteilige Person: Paquot, Magali 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Continuum 2010
Schriftenreihe:Corpus and discourse
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-256) and indexes
Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; Part I: Academic vocabulary; Part II: Learners' use of academic vocabulary; Part III: Pedagogical implications and conclusions; Appendix 1: Expressing cause and effect; Appendix 2: Comparing and contrasting; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index
Academic vocabulary is in fashion, as witnessed by the increasing number of books published on the topic. In the first part of this book, Magali Paquot scrutinizes the concept of 'academic vocabulary' and proposes a corpus-driven procedure based on the criteria of keyness, range and evenness of distribution to select academic words that could be part of a common-core academic vocabulary syllabus. In the second part, the author offers a thorough analysis of academic vocabulary in the International Corpus of Learner English (ICLE) and describes the factors that account for learners' difficultie
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 266 pages)
ISBN:9781441191144
1441191143