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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Trinity Lancaster Corpus
T2 - Development, Description and Application
AU - Gablasova, Dana
AU - Brezina, Vaclav
AU - McEnery, Anthony
PY - 2019/9/24
Y1 - 2019/9/24
N2 - This paper introduces a new corpus resource for language learning research, the Trinity Lancaster Corpus (TLC), which contains 4.2 million words of interaction between L1 and L2 speakers of English. The corpus includes spoken production from over 2,000 L2 speakers from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds at different levels of proficiency engaged in two to four tasks. The paper provides a description of the TLC and places it in the context of current learner corpus development and research. The discussion of practical decisions taken in the construction of the TLC also enables a critical reflection on current methodological issues in corpus construction.
AB - This paper introduces a new corpus resource for language learning research, the Trinity Lancaster Corpus (TLC), which contains 4.2 million words of interaction between L1 and L2 speakers of English. The corpus includes spoken production from over 2,000 L2 speakers from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds at different levels of proficiency engaged in two to four tasks. The paper provides a description of the TLC and places it in the context of current learner corpus development and research. The discussion of practical decisions taken in the construction of the TLC also enables a critical reflection on current methodological issues in corpus construction.
KW - transcription
KW - spoken language
KW - Trinity Lancaster Corpus
KW - corpus compilation
KW - corpus design
U2 - 10.1075/ijlcr.19001.gab
DO - 10.1075/ijlcr.19001.gab
M3 - Journal article
VL - 5
SP - 126
EP - 158
JO - International Journal of Learner Corpus Research
JF - International Journal of Learner Corpus Research
IS - 2
ER -