This paper investigates a special type of recurrent expressions, lexical bundles, defined as a sequence of three or more words that co-occur frequently in a particular register (Biber et al., 1999). Considering the importance of this group of multi-word sequences in academic prose, this study explores the forms and syntactic structures of three- and four-word bundles in English abstracts writte...

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MT research at the University of Washington was, as elsewhere in this country, sparked by Dr. Warren Weaver's "Memorandum" of July 15, 1949, and actually dates from November of that year. Very early in this research it became apparent that the most advanced methods and insights of modern linguistics are of great importance, but by no means sufficient to solve the linguistic problems with which ...

This article describes the syntagmatic and paradigmatic approaches to language. is distinguish two different or perspectives on language because units can explore connections. The approach contrasted with studying three levels of analysis namely, phonology, morphology, syntax, as a sub-discipline linguistics. In other words, subject matter for mainly related linguistic forms, phonemes (the stud...

Crowley, Terry (edited by John Lynch), The Avava language of Central Malakula (Vanuatu). Canberra: Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2006, xvi + 213 pp. [Pacific Linguistics 574.] ISBN 0858835649. Price: AUD 54.50 (paperback). Crowley, Terry (edited by John Lynch), Tape: a declining language of Malakula (Vanuatu). Canberra: ...

This paper presents the methodology, design principles and detailed evaluation of a new freely available multilayer corpus, collected and edited via classroom annotation using collaborative software. After briefly discussing corpus design for open, extensible corpora, five classroom annotation projects are presented, covering structural markup in TEI XML, multiple part of speech tagging, consti...