Spoken Language Corpus and Linguistic Informatics

Spoken Language Corpus and Linguistic Informatics
Author: Yuji Kawaguchi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027233179

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Spoken Language Corpus and Linguistic Informatics

Spoken Language Corpus and Linguistic Informatics
Author: Yuji Kawaguchi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2006-12-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027292760

Linguistic Informatics is a research field named by the Center of Excellence (COE) Program: Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics (UBLI), which aims to systematically integrate studies in computer science, linguistics, and language education. The first part of this volume contains three lectures on spoken language analysis and corpus linguistics delivered at the Second International Conference on Linguistic Informatics held on December 10, 2005. The nine contributions in the second part come from the Collaboration Workshop on spoken language corpora between UBLI and C-ORAL-ROM, a consortium researching the spoken Romance languages. In the third part, four studies representative of Linguistic Informatics are presented. These studies deal with (1) Corpus-based analysis of linguistic usages, (2) Typological study of different languages, (3) Effective integration of e-learning and task-based face-to-face teaching and (4) Fosterage of language education researchers with expertise in the field of Linguistic Informatics.

Corpus-based Perspectives in Linguistics

Corpus-based Perspectives in Linguistics
Author: Yuji Kawaguchi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027233189

UBLI has conducted field surveys since 2002 and built spoken language corpora for French, Spanish, Italian (Salentino dialect), Russian, Malaysian, Turkish, Japanese, and Canadian multilinguals. This volume features new research presented at the UBLI second workshop on Corpus Linguistics – Research Domain, which was held on September 14, 2006. The first part consisting of eleven presentations to this workshop shows a wide range of subjects within the area of corpus-based research, such as dictionary, linguistic atlas, dialect, translation, ancient texts, non-standard texts, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and natural language processing. The second part of this volume comprises ten additional contributions to both written and spoken corpora by the members and research assistants of UBLI.

Linguistic Informatics

Linguistic Informatics
Author: Yuji Kawaguchi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027233134

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In Search of Basic Units of Spoken Language

In Search of Basic Units of Spoken Language
Author: Shlomo Izre'el
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027261539

What is the best way to analyze spontaneous spoken language? In their search for the basic units of spoken language the authors of this volume opt for a corpus-driven approach. They share a strong conviction that prosodic structure is essential for the study of spoken discourse and each bring their own theoretical and practical experience to the table. In the first part of the book they segment spoken material from a range of different languages (Russian, Hebrew, Central Pomo (an indigenous language from California), French, Japanese, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese). In the second part of the book each author analyzes the same two spoken English samples, but looking at them from different perspectives, using different methods of analysis as reflected in their respective analyses in Part I. This approach allows for common tendencies of segmentation to emerge, both prosodic and segmental.

Spoken Corpora and Linguistic Studies

Spoken Corpora and Linguistic Studies
Author: Tommaso Raso
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2014-11-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027270031

The authors of this book share a common interest in the following topics: the importance of corpora compilation for the empirical study of human language; the importance of pragmatic categories such as emotion, attitude, illocution and information structure in linguistic theory; and a passionate belief in the central role of prosody for the analysis of speech. Four distinct sections (spoken corpora compilation; spoken corpora annotation; prosody; and syntax and information structure) give the book the structure in which the authors present innovative methodologies that focus on the compilation of third generation spoken corpora; multilevel spoken corpora annotation and its functions; and additionally a debate is initiated about the reference unit in the study of spoken language via information structure. The book is accompanied by a web site with a rich array of audio/video files. The web site can be found at the following address: DOI: 10.1075/scl.61.media

Corpus Analysis and Variation in Linguistics

Corpus Analysis and Variation in Linguistics
Author: Yuji Kawaguchi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2009-03-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027287066

For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co. In this new edition of TUFS Studies in Linguistics, we aim to showcase the various linguistics research conducted at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. In this first volume, we report on the international symposium hosted by the Global Center of Excellence Program "Corpus-based Linguistics and Language Education (CbLLE)" throughout 2008. Also in this collection, we consider the timeless linguistics issue of "variation" by utilizing the corpus analysis method. Whether socio-linguistic, stylistic or individual, variations manifest in a variety of ways throughout time and space and are closely related to issues surrounding linguistic theories. Additionally this volume includes other research upon diverse themes such as diachronic variation analysis, lexical variations, second language acquisition and bilingualism.

Readings in Second Language Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition

Readings in Second Language Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition
Author: Asako Yoshitomi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2006-06-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027293457

The selected contributions of this volume focus on various issues related to second language pedagogy and second language acquisition in the Japanese context. Part I covers such topics as discourse pragmatics and cross-cultural pragmatics in language teaching; the instruction of conversation through training in story telling skills; task activities as a means for grammarization in grammar teaching; the development of a computerized speaking test and a proficiency scale for EFL learners; and the social aspects of the language teacher expertise. Part II deals with the cognitive transformation involved in the acquisition of syntactic structures; the application of ZPD to adult learners not only in terms of interpersonal interaction but also through interfacing with other media; examination of learners’ narrative data to analyze linguistic and gestural reference and to investigate learners’ use of phrasal verbs; learner’s strategy use in self-instruction that utilizes audiovisual materials; and network computer technology in computer-assisted language learning.

Information Structure in Lesser-described Languages

Information Structure in Lesser-described Languages
Author: Evangelia Adamou
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2018-08-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027263817

The articles compiled in this volume offer new insights into the wealth of prosodic and syntactic phenomena involved in the encoding of information structure categories. They present data from languages which are rarely, if ever, taken into account in the most prominent approaches in information structure theory, and which belong to the Afroasiatic, Amerindian, Australian, Caucasian, and Niger-Congo language stocks. In addition to the significant descriptive value of these pioneering contributions, several studies also draw attention to previously undescribed or typologically rare phenomena. By adapting a variety of methods to under-described and endangered languages, ranging from experimental to naturalistic corpus studies, this volume also aims to serve as an invitation for further research in this direction.

Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014

Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014
Author: Jesús Romero-Trillo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2014-06-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3319060074

The Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics addresses the interface between the two disciplines and offers a platform to scholars who combine both methodologies to present rigorous and interdisciplinary findings about language in real use. Corpus linguistics and Pragmatics have traditionally represented two paths of scientific thought, parallel but often mutually exclusive and excluding. Corpus Linguistics can offer a meticulous methodology based on mathematics and statistics, while Pragmatics is characterized by its effort in the interpretation of intended meaning in real language. This series will give readers insight into how pragmatics can be used to explain real corpus data and also, how corpora can illustrate pragmatic intuitions. The present volume, Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014: New Empirical and Theoretical Paradigms in Corpus Pragmatics, proposes innovative research models in the liaison between pragmatics and corpus linguistics to explain language in current cultural and social contexts.