Learner corpus profiles

The case of Romanian Learner English

Maurizio Gotti, Madalina Chitez

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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
31 July 2014

Language acquisition; Historical & comparative linguistics; Computational linguistics; Literary studies: general; ELT background & reference material

Series: Linguistic Insights

Aiming at exemplifying the methodology of learner corpus profiling, this book describes salient features of Romanian Learner English. As a starting point, the volume offers a comprehensive presentation of the Romanian-English contrastive studies. Another innovative aspect of the book refers to the use of the first Romanian Corpus of Learner English, whose compilation is the object of a methodological discussion. In one of the main chapters, the book introduces the methodology of learner corpus profiling and compares it with existing approaches. The profiling approach is emphasised by corpus-based quantitative and qualitative investigations of Romanian Learner English. Part of the investigation is dedicated to the lexico-grammatical profiles of articles, prepositions and genitives. The frequency-based collocation analyses are integrated with error analyses and extended into error pattern samples. Furthermore, contrasting typical Romanian Learner English constructions with examples from the German and the Italian learner corpora opens the path to new contrastive interlanguage analyses.

By: Madalina Chitez
Series edited by: Maurizio Gotti
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: New edition
Volume: 173
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 150mm,
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9783034314107
ISBN 10: 3034314108
Series: Linguistic Insights
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 31 July 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents: The first Romanian Corpus of Learner English – English as a Foreign Language in Romania – Lexico-grammatical profiles of the articles in RoCLE - Learner corpora in contrast – Simple prepositions: grammatical profiles – Contrastive analysis of the Genitive system in Romanian and English – The learner corpus profile.

Madalina Chitez holds a doctoral degree in English Linguistics from the University of Freiburg, Germany. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in foreign languages from Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania. She currently works as a senior researcher at Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzeland. Her research interests are corpus linguistics, learner corpora, academic writing and intercultural rhetorics.