Exploring the BNC Corpus SUT Exploring the BNC Corpus SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology - Introduction to BNC What is corpus? - Familiarisation task activities - Q&A SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology คลังข้อมูลคำศัพท์ Corpus (corpora) is a collection of linguistic data, either written texts or a transcription of recorded speech, which can be used as a starting point of linguistic description or as a means of verifying hypotheses about a language.(BNC, 2002) the patterns of language evident in large quantities of data (Crystal, 2000) a collection of naturally-occurring language text, chosen to characterize a state or variety of a language (Sinclair, 1996, cited in Burnett, 2010) งานเขียน บทสัมภาษณ์ What are your problems with searching meanings of words from a dictionary? SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology What is a corpus for? assist in the production of dictionary prescribe a notional ideal of good usage describe what native speakers actually write and say SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Three sections of the BYU user interface The left hand section allows you to enter your search word/phrase and set the search parameters; http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/ The top-right section displays a summary of the search results; and The bottom-right section displays the key word in context (KWIC) concordance lines for the search word/phrase. SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/ SUT Suranaree University of Technology

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Suranaree University of Technology ความถี่ในการใช้คำ ❷ A summary of search result SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology ❸Key word in context (KWIC) search result SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology KWIC search result concordance lines SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology music SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Source information citation SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Familiarization Task 1. visit the BYU-BNC page at http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/ 2. Type the search word ‘………….’ in the WORD(S) box 3. Select SHOW dog In the top-left part of the screen SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology 1 dog 2 3 SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology This word appears 7,764 times in total in this 100 million-word corpus SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology dog appears almost 5 times more frequently in the spoken sub-corpus than the academic one SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology A quick indication of frequency level SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology a random set of concordance lines from the complete corpus 1/78 SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology a wide range of text types meeting broadcast discussion newspaper speech script advertisement newspaper—Sciences commerce SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Select CHART from the DISPLAY settings SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology dog* SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology The expression dog ’s dinner SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Search Result #8 1,3, and 4 use in the literal sense of ‘dog food’ 2,5,6,7,and 8 means ‘done badly’ SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Try this dog * dog dog Click on POS LIST SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Comparison genres Search the word “Chair” Display: COMPARE Fiction & Academic SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Search result Fiction: SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Academic SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Activity (Collocation) 1. examine this word “MAJOR” 2. study other lines for “MAJOR” and take note of the pattern SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Conclusion In academic setting, the BNC corpus allows us to see how language is used and how that language is used in different contexts. The central element of corpus linguistics reveal useful application to collocation (the statistical tendency of words to co-occur), lexical bundles (a recurring sequence of three or more words), patterns of language use, register (text types) SUT Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology Reference Burnette, G.R. (2010). Using Corpora in the Language Learning Classroom: Corpus Linguistics for Teachers. Michigan ELT, http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=371534 Crystal, D. (2000). Emerging Englishes. English Teaching Professional,14, 3-6. Gilmore, A. (2009). Using Online Corpora to Develop Student’s Writing Skill. ELT J., 63(4), 363-372. doi:10.1093/elt/ccn056 SUT Suranaree University of Technology

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