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awl.co.uk>LEARNER ENGLISH ON COMPUTER Edited by SYLVIANE GRANGER, Professor of English Linguistics and Language at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Paper 0 582 29883 0 256 pages 1998 Studies in Language and Linguistics Series The first book of its kind, Learner English on Computer is intended to provide linguists, students of linguistics and other language and ELT professionals with a highly accessible and comprehensive introduction to the new and rapidly-expanding field of corpus-based research into learner language. Edited by the founder and co-ordinator of the International Corpus of Learner English (ICLE), the book contains articles on all aspects of corpus compilation, design and analysis. * provides a comprehensive overview of the field, explaining links with corpus and applied linguistics, second language acquisition and ELT * reviews the software tools which are currently available for analysing learner language and contains useful examples of how they can be used * contains eight case studies in which computer learner corpora are analysed * the articles contain a wide range of methodologies with broad general application * contains chapters which look at how Computer Learner Corpus (CLC) based studies can help improve pedagogical tools: EFL grammars, dictionaries, writing textbooks and electronic tools. * implications for classroom methodology are also discussed. Further information on the books published in this series, and the table of contents for this title can be viewed at the Longman Linguistics on-line catalogue at: http://www.awl-he.com/linguistics For a complete listing of our world-wide offices, please click below: http://www.awl-he.com/officesMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
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