Publication: Using automatically parsed corpora to discover lexico-grammatical features of English varieties
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2011
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Abstract
Abstract
Abstract
We employ syntactic parsing to describe and to discover lexico-grammatical features of English regional varieties. In the absence of suitable Treebanks, automatically parsed corpora (tree jungles) can be used. As an example we focus on Indian English, using the International Corpus of English (ICE), and the British National Corpus (BNC). We use a largely corpus-driven method. There are few differences in frequencies of syntactic relations between the corpora, but considerable differences when taking the intricate relations between gra
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Creators (Authors)
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Event Title
Event Title
30th International Conference on Lexis and Grammar
Event Location
Event Location
Event Location
Nicosia
Event Country
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Event Country
Cyprus
Event Start Date
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2011-10-05
Event End Date
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Event End Date
2011-10-08
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
University of Cyprus, Department of French Studies and Modern Languages
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251
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258
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Keywords
lexico-grammar, syntactic parsing, language variation, Indian English, corpus-driven
Language
Language
Language
English
Date available
Date available
Date available
2012-03-05
OA Status
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Green
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Green Open Access
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