Corpus-based language research: Its promises and limitations

old_uid15606
titleCorpus-based language research: Its promises and limitations
start_date2018/04/11
schedule17h-19h
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detailsthème : Where do universals of language acquisition, processing, and disorders come from? A cross-linguistic, corpus-based approach
summaryI will discuss strength and limitations of corpus-based language (acquisition) research. In particular, I will argue for the importance of (1) avoiding speculative assumptions (2) comparing native and learner data (3) looking at actual use, not just relying on quantitative data, (4) using both corpus data and experimental data and (5) frequency analysis within particular linguistic domains.
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