Beyond a Static Dictionary: Helping Writers with Academic English Collocations

Robert Lew; Ana Frankenberg-Garcia; Jonathan C. Roberts; Geraint Rees; Nirwan Sharma

Abstract

One consequence of the digital revolution in lexicography is that there is less use of stand-alone dictionaries, with the emphasis moving to digital tools geared towards very specific tasks (Lew 2015: 7). Writing stands out as amongst the most demanding tasks requiring lexical support, with academic writing a particular challenge, given that there are no native users of academic language (Hyland 2006; Kosem 2010; Frankenberg-Garcia 2017). Our Collocaid project addresses the demand for collocational information during the writing of academic English texts (English for Academic Purposes, or EAP), given that academic language has distinct conventions to general language.

Original language	English
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018
Event	The 12th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicographers: Lexicography in the Digital World - Krabi, Thailand Duration: 8 Jun 2018 → 10 Jun 2018 Conference number: 12 https://www.asialex.org/pdf/Asialex-Proceedings-2018.pdf

Conference

Conference	The 12th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicographers
Abbreviated title	ASIALEX 2018
Country/Territory	Thailand
City	Krabi
Period	8/06/18 → 10/06/18
Internet address	https://www.asialex.org/pdf/Asialex-Proceedings-2018.pdf

Keywords

Human computer interaction
visualisation
lexicography
Lexicographic information
collocations

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Beyond a Static Dictionary: Helping Writers with Academic English Collocations

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

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Collocaid: combining learner needs, lexicographic data, text editors

Less is more: Focused Design and Problem Framing in Visualisation – Developing the ColloCaid Collocation Editor

Visualising collocation for close writing

Co-creating an online learning environment to support academic writing: Lessons learnt in an interdisciplinary setting

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Beyond a Static Dictionary: Helping Writers with Academic English Collocations

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Projects

Collocaid: combining learner needs, lexicographic data, text editors

Research output

Less is more: Focused Design and Problem Framing in Visualisation – Developing the ColloCaid Collocation Editor

Visualising collocation for close writing

Co-creating an online learning environment to support academic writing: Lessons learnt in an interdisciplinary setting

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ColloCaid Sample Data

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