Dana Gablasová|Václav B?ezina|Tony McEnery
Exploring Learner Language Through Corpora: Comparing and Interpreting Corpus Frequency Information
Lancaster University|Lancaster University|Lancaster University
article contributes debate appropriate use corpus data language learning research focuses frequencies linguistic features language use comparison across corpora majority corpusbased second language acquisition studies employ comparative design either one second language l2 corpora compared first language l1 production corpus two l2 corpora compared article critically examines central tenets comparative method related interspeaker variation l1 l2 use representativeness comparability corpus data interpretation difference found corpora appropriate use statistics using discussing set five l1 spoken english corpora three l2 english corpora two spoken one written approach areas empirically exploring different sources variations methodological options corpusbased sla studies offer