Compiling a Corpus of English Language Academic Papers with Information on Revision Considering Commonality of Academic Genres for Expressions

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02720
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Tokumi Michio 九州大学, 言語文化研究院, 名誉教授 (90099755)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 田中 省作 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (00325549) ; 宮崎 佳典 静岡大学, 情報学部, 教授 (00308701)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 英語教育 / 学術英語 / コーパス / 修訂情報 / 学術分野

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is necessary to compile a corpus of academic papers by Japanese researchers with revision information in order to promote research on their academic English. However, a constructive or expressional validity for academic papers depends partially on their genre. The research project described here developed an index to measure the degree of commonality of academic genres for an expression. It can give priority to expressions that require proofreading and revision. The project compiled a 20,000-word corpus based on English-language abstracts Japanese researchers.

Free Research Field

英語教育