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Direct linkRömer, Ute – Language Testing, 2017
This paper aims to connect recent corpus research on phraseology with current language testing practice. It discusses how corpora and corpus-analytic techniques can illuminate central aspects of speech and help in conceptualizing the notion of lexicogrammar in second language speaking assessment. The description of speech and some of its core…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Coady, Jeffry A.; Mainela-Arnold, Elina; Evans, Julia L. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background & Aims: The present study examined how phonological and lexical knowledge influences memory in children with specific language impairments (SLI). Previous work showed recall advantages for typical adults and children due to word frequency and phonotactic pattern frequency and a recall disadvantage due to phonological similarity…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Word Lists, Phonology, Memory
Hancioglu, Nilgun; Neufeld, Steven; Eldridge, John – English for Specific Purposes, 2008
This article describes two complementary research projects into lexical patterning and frequency in general and academic English. The research suggests that treating current popularly used wordlists such as the General Service List (GSL) and the Academic Word List (AWL) as distinct constructs is of questionable merit. Rather, there are strong…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Word Frequency, English (Second Language), Academic Discourse
Download full textFolse, Keith S. – English Teaching Forum, 2008
This article focuses on the development of vocabulary among English language learners. The author first defines what a "word" means, then discusses five aspects of vocabulary knowledge. Drawing on Swain (1993), the author identifies three main goals of vocabulary learning. The rest of the article is devoted to the description of six…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedErk, Heinrich – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1972
Descriptors: German, Journalism, Language Patterns, Literature
Heald, David – Modern Languages, 1970
Descriptors: English, German, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
PFEFFER, J. ALAN – 1968
THIRD IN A SERIES OF RELATED STUDIES UNDERTAKEN TO ARRIVE AT THE CORE ELEMENTS OF SPOKEN GERMAN, THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE LATEST COMPUTER TECHNIQUES IN FREQUENCY ANALYSIS. AN INTRODUCTION EXAMINES AND REDEFINES THE CONCEPT OF IDIOMATIC PATTERNS. THE BODY OF THE TEXT LISTS, BY FREQUENCY AND RANGE, 1,100 OF THE MOST COMMON IDIOMS IN SPOKEN GERMAN.…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, German, Idioms, Instructional Materials
Russo, Joseph A. – The Modern Language Journal, 1962
There are 452 idioms in this listing compiled from the 1,920 idioms in Gaetano Massa's work, "Italian Idioms and Proverbs." The study attempts to determine the range and frequency of each idiom by checking the master list against the end-vocabularies of 25 representative Italian texts consisting of novels, short stories, and plays. A bibliography…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Idioms, Instructional Materials, Italian
Wepman, Joseph M.; Hass, Wilbur – 1969
Relatively little research has been done on the quantitative characteristics of children's word usage. This spoken count was undertaken to investigate those aspects of word usage and frequency which could cast light on lexical processes in grammar and verbal development in children. Three groups of 30 children each (boys and girls) from…
Descriptors: Child Language, Computational Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Function Words
PDF pending restorationRutherford, R. W., Ed.; Wears, M., Ed. – 1969
Transcriptions of recorded conversations of nine-year-old French children are analyzed and presented in this comparative word count. The actual count of the 55,588 word corpus is arranged alphabetically and contrasted with selected, identical words found in the Francais Fondamental word list. Proper nouns are listed separately at the end of the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Computational Linguistics, French, Language Patterns
PDF pending restorationMatson, Dan M.; Mahapatra, B. P. – 1970
This volume, the fourth in a series of textbooks on the Oriya language, is a glossary for each of the stories found in the "Graded Readings in Oriya" in the Oriya Language Textbook Series. The glosses are arranged in the order in which the stories are placed within the series. Words are glossed in the story in the order of their first…
Descriptors: Glossaries, Indo European Languages, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
PDF pending restorationMatson, Dan M.; Mahapatra, B. P. – 1970
This glossary to the text "Oriya Short Stories" in the Oriya Language Textbook Series is intended to serve as a stimulus to the student to help him further develop his vocabulary range. The serial arrangement of the glosses provides vocabulary clues for each of the stories in the order in which the stories are arranged in the series.…
Descriptors: Glossaries, Indo European Languages, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
PDF pending restorationMatson, Dan M.; Mahapatra, B. P. – 1970
This glossary to the text "Three Oriya Novels" in the Oriya Language Textbook Series is intended to serve as a stimulus to the student to help him further develop his vocabulary range. The serial arrangement of the glosses provides vocabulary clues for each of the stories in the order in which the stories are presented. Within each of…
Descriptors: Glossaries, Indo European Languages, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Austin, Warren B. – 1969
Who wrote "The Groatsworth of Wit?" Was it Greene, as hitherto believed, or Chettle? To distinguish between the two writers' styles, and thereby determine the authorship of a 16th Century literary work of particular interest to Shakespearean scholars, computer-aided techniques were employed. The two authors' differing practices in word…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Data Processing, English Literature, Grammar
Mackey, William F.; And Others – 1971
The first of a two-volume study of the relative accessibility of French vocabulary in French-speaking Canada presents statistical data concerning the frequency, distribution, valence, and accessibility of vocabulary related to 16 fundamental centers of interest found in normal conversation. The scope, procedures, and results of the study are…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
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