2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study Pertaining to the Role of Lexical Bundles in Academic English
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21652054
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMASHITA Junko 名古屋大学, 大学院・国際開発研究科, 教授 (00220335)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 学術英語 / レキシカル・バンドル / EAP / フレージオロジー / ngram |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research was to investigate "lexical bundles" especially in the area of Academic English. First, the concept of "lexical bundle" itself was explored, after which a method for retrieving lexical bundles from huge-sized corpora was investigated. A number of lexical bundles were then retrieved from corpora of Academic English. For the next stage we introduced the concept of lexical bundles into university-level English classes to determine whether or not a deeper understanding of the concept would help students improve their writing skills. Furthermore, a computer program which retrieves useful information from huge-sized corpora was developed.
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