Academic Vocabulary in Learner Writing From Extraction to Analysis

, by Paquot, Magali

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ISBN: 9781441130365 | 1441130365
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Copyright: 9/23/2010

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A phraseology-oriented analysis of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) vocabulary in learner academic writing

Acknowledgements	p. xi
List of abbreviations	p. xiii
List of figures	p. xv
List of tables	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Academic vocabulary
What is academic vocabulary?	p. 9
Academic vocabulary vs. core vocabulary and technical terms	p. 9
Core vocabulary	p. 10
Academic vocabulary	p. 11
Technical terms	p. 13
Fuzzy vocabulary categories	p. 13
Academic vocabulary and sub-technical vocabulary	p. 17
Vocabulary and the organization of academic texts	p. 22
Is there an 'academic vocabulary'?	p. 25
Summary and conclusion	p. 27
A data-driven approach to the selection of academic vocabulary	p. 29
Corpora of academic writing	p. 31
Corpus annotation	p. 34
Issues in annotating corpora	p. 34
The software	p. 36
Automatic extraction of potential academic words	p. 44
Keyness	p. 46
Range	p. 48
Evenness of distribution	p. 50
Broadening the scope of well-represented semantic categories	p. 53
The Academic Keyword List	p. 55
Summary and conclusion	p. 61
Learners' use of academic vocabulary
Investigating learner language	p. 67
The International Corpus of Learner English	p. 67
Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis	p. 70
A comparison of learner vs. expert writing	p. 72
Summary and conclusion	p. 78
Rhetorical functions in expert academic writing	p. 81
The Academic Keyword List and rhetorical functions	p. 81
The function of exemplication	p. 88
Using prepositions, adverbs and adverbial phrases to exemplify	p. 90
Using nouns and verbs to exemplify	p. 95
Discussion	p. 106
The phraseology of rhetorical functions in expert academic writing	p. 108
Summary and conclusion	p. 122
Academic vocabulary in the International Corpus of Learner English	p. 125
A bird's-eye view of exemplification in learner writing	p. 125
Academic vocabulary and general interlanguage features	p. 142
Limited lexical repertoire	p. 142
Lack of register awareness	p. 150
The phraseology of academic vocabulary in learner writing	p. 154
Semantic misuse	p. 168
Chains of connective devices	p. 174
Sentence position	p. 177
Transfer-related effects on French learners' use of academic vocabulary	p. 181
Summary and conclusion	p. 192
Pedagogical implications and conclusions
Pedagogical implications	p. 201
Teaching-induced factors	p. 201
The role of the first language in EFL learning and teaching	p. 203
The role of learner corpora in EAP materials design	p. 206
General Conclusion	p. 211
Academic vocabulary: a chimera?	p. 211
Learner corpora, interlanguage and second language acquisition	p. 215
Avenues for future research	p. 216
Expressing cause and effect	p. 219
Comparing and contrasting	p. 226
Notes	p. 235
References	p. 240
Author index	p. 257
Subject index	p. 261
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Academic Vocabulary in Learner Writing From Extraction to Analysis

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