Approaching Language Transfer through Text Classification Explorations in the Detection-based Approach

by Jarvis, Scott; Crossley, Scott A.

• ISBN13: 9781847696984
• ISBN10: 1847696988
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-14
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This book explains the detection-based approach to investigating crosslinguistic infl uence and illustrates the value of the approach through a collection of fi ve empirical studies that use the approach to quantify, evaluate, and isolate the subtle and complex infl uences of learners¿ native-language backgrounds on their English writing.

Author Biography

Scott Jarvis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Ohio University. His work focuses on crosslinguistic infl uence and lexical diversity, with a special emphasis on methodological problems and solutions. Among his better-known works is the book 'Crosslinguistic infl uence in language and cognition¿ (Routledge) coauthored with Aneta Pavlenko. Scott Crossley is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University. His work involves the application of natural language processing theories and approaches for investigating second language acquisition, text readability, and writing profi ciency. His current research interests include lexical profi ciency, writing quality, and text coherence and processing.

Table of Contents

1 Scott Jarvis: The Detection-Based Approach: An Overview

2 Scott Jarvis, Gabriela Castañeda-Jiménez and Rasmus Nielsen: Detecting L2 Writers' L1s on the Basis of their Lexical Styles

3 Scott Jarvis and Magali Paquot: Exploring the Role of N-Grams in L1 Identification

4 Scott A. Crossley and Danielle S. McNamara: Detecting the First Language of Second Language Writers Using Automated Indices of Cohesion, Lexical Sophistication, Syntactic Complexity, and Conceptual Knowledge

5 Yves Bestgen, Sylviane Granger and Jennifer Thewissen: Error Patterns and Automatic L1 Identification

6 Scott Jarvis, Yves Bestgen, Scott A. Crossley, Sylviane Granger, Magali Paquot, Jennifer Thewissen and Danielle S. McNamara: The Comparative and Combined Contributions of N-grams, Coh-Metrix Indices, and Error Types in the L1 Classification of Learner Texts

7 Scott A. Crossley: Detection-Based Approaches: Methods, Theories and Applications