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Native vs. non-native English: data-driven lexical analysis

Data publikacji: 25.10.2012

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2012, Volume 129, Issue 2, s. 127 - 137

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.12.009.0598

Autorzy

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Ewa Witalisz
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków
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Justyna Leśniewska
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków
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Tytuły

Native vs. non-native English: data-driven lexical analysis

Abstrakt

This article presents a preliminary, data-driven study of a corpus of texts written by advanced Polish learners of English, which were analysed with reference to a baseline corpus of native-speaker texts. The texts included in both corpora were produced in similar circumstances (classroom setting), with the same time and word limit, and in response to the same task. We conducted a comparative lexical analysis of the two corpora, using corpus methodology (word lists, cluster analysis, concordances, keyness) to identify the most significant differences. The most important conclusion from this study is that advanced foreign language use may differ from native-speaker language use in ways which only become visible in larger samples of language, and the differences, if analysed individually, would not be regarded as errors and would go unnoticed. There is some evidence in the study that some of these differences may be attributed to cross-linguistic influence.

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Informacje

Informacje: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2012, Volume 129, Issue 2, s. 127 - 137

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

Tytuły:

Polski:

Native vs. non-native English: data-driven lexical analysis

Angielski:

Native vs. non-native English: data-driven lexical analysis

Autorzy

Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków

Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków

Publikacja: 25.10.2012

Status artykułu: Otwarte __T_UNLOCK

Licencja: Żadna

Udział procentowy autorów:

Ewa Witalisz (Autor) - 50%
Justyna Leśniewska (Autor) - 50%

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Języki publikacji:

Angielski

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