TY - CONF

T1 - Beyond a Static Dictionary: Helping Writers with Academic English Collocations

AU - Lew, Robert

AU - Frankenberg-Garcia, Ana

AU - Roberts, Jonathan C.

AU - Rees, Geraint

AU - Sharma, Nirwan

N1 - Conference code: 12

PY - 2018/6

Y1 - 2018/6

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Human computer interaction

KW - visualisation

KW - lexicography

KW - Lexicographic information

KW - collocations

UR - https://www.asialex.org/pdf/Asialex-Proceedings-2018.pdf

M3 - Abstract

T2 - The 12th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicographers

Y2 - 8 June 2018 through 10 June 2018

ER -