A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes

This study is motivated by concerns about the adequacy of current corpus-based methods for the selection of vocabulary in studies of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) lexis. It is hypothesised that lists of general-academic vocabulary cannot reflect differences in word meaning between disciplines,...

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Autor: Rees, Geraint Paul
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
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Palabra clave:EAP
ELT
Lexicography
Phraseology
Language Teaching
Language corpus
Linguistics
81
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spelling A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposesRees, Geraint PaulEAPELTLexicographyPhraseologyLanguage TeachingLanguage corpusLinguistics81This study is motivated by concerns about the adequacy of current corpus-based methods for the selection of vocabulary in studies of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) lexis. It is hypothesised that lists of general-academic vocabulary cannot reflect differences in word meaning between disciplines, and furthermore, that discrete-item wordlists cannot account for the role of context in conditioning meaning. The relatively recent turn towards discipline-specific lists of phrases represents a positive development in this regard. However, its impact is limited by the methods of phrase extraction typically employed. These beliefs are tested via an innovative corpus-based experiment which compares the syntagmatic patterns of frequently occurring verbs in a corpus of research articles from the disciplines of history, microbiology, and management studies. The results demonstrate that, in many cases, the prototypical meaning of a given verb varies according to the discipline it is found in. Moreover, in order to fully appreciate these differences, a means of phrase extraction which accounts for both syntactic and semantic concerns is necessary. In addition to the methodological contribution represented by the experimental procedure, the study demonstrates how approaches to language which might be termed phraseological provide plausible explanations for many of the differences in verb behaviour observed in the corpus. From a practical perspective, the combination of the findings with best practice in EAP pedagogy and lexicography allows the creation of guidelines for, and an illustrative example of, useful lexicographical resources for the EAP community.Programa de doctorat en Traducció i Ciències del LlenguatgeUniversitat Pompeu FabraDeCesaris, Janet AnnUniversitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Traducció i Ciències del llenguatge201820182018info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion393 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10803/543839TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)reponame:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Redinstname:CBUC, CESCAInglésADVERTIMENT. L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi doctoral i la seva utilització ha de respectar els drets de la persona autora. Pot ser utilitzada per a consulta o estudi personal, així com en activitats o materials d'investigació i docència en els termes establerts a l'art. 32 del Text Refós de la Llei de Propietat Intel·lectual (RDL 1/1996). Per altres utilitzacions es requereix l'autorització prèvia i expressa de la persona autora. En qualsevol cas, en la utilització dels seus continguts caldrà indicar de forma clara el nom i cognoms de la persona autora i el títol de la tesi doctoral. No s'autoritza la seva reproducció o altres formes d'explotació efectuades amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva comunicació pública des d'un lloc aliè al servei TDX. Tampoc s'autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX (framing). Aquesta reserva de drets afecta tant als continguts de la tesi com als seus resums i índexs.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:www.tdx.cat:10803/5438392026-06-14T12:46:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
title A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
spellingShingle A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
Rees, Geraint Paul
EAP
ELT
Lexicography
Phraseology
Language Teaching
Language corpus
Linguistics
81
title_short A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
title_full A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
title_fullStr A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
title_full_unstemmed A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
title_sort A Phraseological multi-discipline approach to vocabulary selection for English for academic purposes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rees, Geraint Paul
author Rees, Geraint Paul
author_facet Rees, Geraint Paul
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv DeCesaris, Janet Ann
Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Traducció i Ciències del llenguatge
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv EAP
ELT
Lexicography
Phraseology
Language Teaching
Language corpus
Linguistics
81
topic EAP
ELT
Lexicography
Phraseology
Language Teaching
Language corpus
Linguistics
81
description This study is motivated by concerns about the adequacy of current corpus-based methods for the selection of vocabulary in studies of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) lexis. It is hypothesised that lists of general-academic vocabulary cannot reflect differences in word meaning between disciplines, and furthermore, that discrete-item wordlists cannot account for the role of context in conditioning meaning. The relatively recent turn towards discipline-specific lists of phrases represents a positive development in this regard. However, its impact is limited by the methods of phrase extraction typically employed. These beliefs are tested via an innovative corpus-based experiment which compares the syntagmatic patterns of frequently occurring verbs in a corpus of research articles from the disciplines of history, microbiology, and management studies. The results demonstrate that, in many cases, the prototypical meaning of a given verb varies according to the discipline it is found in. Moreover, in order to fully appreciate these differences, a means of phrase extraction which accounts for both syntactic and semantic concerns is necessary. In addition to the methodological contribution represented by the experimental procedure, the study demonstrates how approaches to language which might be termed phraseological provide plausible explanations for many of the differences in verb behaviour observed in the corpus. From a practical perspective, the combination of the findings with best practice in EAP pedagogy and lexicography allows the creation of guidelines for, and an illustrative example of, useful lexicographical resources for the EAP community.
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