Approaching Language Transfer through Text Classification : : Explorations in the Detection-based Approach /

Approaching Language Transfer through Text Classification : : Explorations in the Detection-based Approach / / ed. by Scott Jarvis, Scott A. Crossley.

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Recent work has pointed to the need for a detection-based approach to transfer capable of discovering elusive crosslinguistic effects through the use of human judges and computer classifiers that can learn to predict learners’ language backgrounds based on their patterns of language use. This book a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Bestgen, Yves,
Castañeda-Jiménez, Gabriela,
Crossley, Scott A.,
Granger, Sylviane,
Jarvis, Scott,
McNamara, Danielle S.,
McNamara, Danielle,
Nielsen, Rasmus,
Paquot, Magali,
Thewissen, Jennifer,
HerausgeberIn:
Crossley, Scott A.,
Jarvis, Scott,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1. The Detection-Based Approach: An Overview
  • 2. Detecting L2 Writers’ L1s on the Basis of Their Lexical Styles
  • 3. Exploring the Role of n-Grams in L1 Identification
  • 4. Detecting the First Language of Second Language Writers Using Automated Indices of Cohesion, Lexical Sophistication, Syntactic Complexity and Conceptual Knowledge
  • 5. Error Patterns and Automatic L1 Identification
  • 6. The Comparative and Combined Contributions of n-Grams, Coh-Metrix Indices and Error Types in the L1 Classification of Learner Texts
  • 7. Detection-Based Approaches: Methods, Theories and Applications

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