Text Profiling of English Writing

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520537
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan University
Principal Investigator	ASAO Kojiro Ritsumeikan University, 文学部, 教授 (40102462)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	英語 / ライティング / 熟達度 / プロファイル / コーパス / 到達度
Research Abstract	Even advanced learners of English differ extensively in their proficiency of writing. Some write in near-native capacity while others leave a number of traces of "foreign accents" in their writing. Grammatical accuracy does not necessarily endorse native fluency. Native speakers of English also differ greatly in the readability of the text they write. This study investigated English texts in order to identify the sources of stylistic variability by focusing upon the vocabulary, sentence length and collocations of the text.

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