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Enda F. Scott 2001

Good morning. An introduction to modern dictionary making. Enda F. Scott 2001. Modern Dictionary Making. An initial warm up activity on the first handout. Enda F. Scott 2001. Modern Dictionary Making. Corpus. ... a body of language which can be stored and analysed. Corpora.

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Enda F. Scott 2001

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  1. Good morning An introduction to modern dictionary making Enda F. Scott 2001

  2. Modern Dictionary Making An initial warm up activity on the first handout Enda F. Scott 2001

  3. Modern Dictionary Making Corpus ... a body of language which can be stored and analysed. Corpora Enda F. Scott 2001

  4. Modern Dictionary Making History Shakespearean analysis 400 years ago Kading: 11 million word German corpus Chomsky and decline in interest Enda F. Scott 2001 1980s revival Computing power

  5. Modern Dictionary Making How works ... Select sources of text TAG each word Concordencing Enda F. Scott 2001 Analysis ... frequency, collocations etc.

  6. Modern Dictionary Making Statistics Before 1965: only 10 corpora 1986-1996: 320 corpora COBUILD 1987: 20 million words Longman: 30 million words Enda F. Scott 2001 BNC 100 million words Bank of English 200m open-ended

  7. Modern Dictionary Making Results Numerous challenges to existing descriptions and concepts of grammar and vocabulary usage. “Few would now contemplate producing a new dictionary without at least some use of corpus data; indeed, to most people in the field at least, the notion of attempting descriptive language work without reference to empirical data would be regarded as perverse.”(Rundell 1996) Enda F. Scott 2001

  8. Modern Dictionary Making What does all that mean? Enda F. Scott 2001

  9. Modern Dictionary Making Advantages... Democracy in action Usage rather than expert description Everybody can access the core information and make their own judgements Enda F. Scott 2001 We can all be experts ...with a little practice

  10. Modern Dictionary Making In Class ... Authenticity Student control of source material Enda F. Scott 2001 Data Driven Learning (DDL) Exam preparation

  11. Modern Dictionary Making Practicalities ... Students need ... - Exposure - Guidance - Practice Enda F. Scott 2001 Student (teacher?) traditional expectations Level? ESP?

  12. Modern Dictionary Making Try it out ... Enda F. Scott 2001

  13. Thank you ... Modern Dictionary Making Enda F. Scott 2001 ... very much

  14. Goodbye Modern Dictionary Making Enda F. Scott 2001

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