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How do I know this Law corpus is reliable and valid? Using a representativeness argument for corpus validation 我如何知道该法律语料库是可靠有效的？使用代表性论据验证语料库

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100099

Jenny Kemp

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Conventionalized phrases and disability policy: A corpus analysis of 2-year and 4-year public colleges in California 常规用语和残疾政策：加州两年制和四年制公立学院语料库分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100113

Stephen Eyman

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Examining in-service senior high school English teachers’ perspectives on corpus use and the effects of corpus training 考察在职高中英语教师对语料库使用的看法和语料库培训的效果

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100116

Hsiao-Ling Hsu , Shu-Li Lai , Hao-Jan Howard Chen

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Corpus linguistics will benefit from greater adoption of pre-registration: A novice-friendly split-corpus approach to pre-registration 语料库语言学将从更多采用预注册中受益：预注册的新手友好型分割语料库方法

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100111

Matthew H.C. Mak

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Mitigation in instructor feedback: A register analysis of written and spoken comments 教师反馈中的缓解：对书面和口头评论的语域分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100101

Elizabeth Hanks, Cassidy Christenson

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Breach of pacta sunt servanda: A corpus-assisted analysis of newspaper discourse on the AUKUS agreement 违反 "条约必须遵守"：对报纸上有关《奥库斯协定》的言论进行语料库辅助分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100108

Radoslava Trnavac , Encarnacion Hidalgo Tenorio

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Capturing chronological variation in L2 speech through lexical measurements and regression analysis 通过词汇测量和回归分析捕捉 L2 言语中的年代变化

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100105

Mariko Abe , Yuichiro Kobayashi , Yusuke Kondo

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Lexical complexity in academic lectures: Comparative analysis of EMI and Non-EMI settings and influential factors 学术讲座中的词汇复杂性：EMI 和非 EMI 环境及影响因素的比较分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100115

Chen Chen , Philip Durrant

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English podcasts for schoolchildren and their vocabulary demands 学童英语播客及其词汇需求

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100107

Emily Casaletto , Irina Kerimova , Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov

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Corrigendum to “here-, there-, and every where-: Exploring the role of pronominal adverbs in legal language” [Applied Corpus Linguistics Volume 4, Issue 1 (2024) 100087] “这里-，那里-和每一个地方-：探索代词副词在法律语言中的作用”的勘误表[应用语料库语言学第4卷，第1期（2024）100087]

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100112

David Chandler, Brett Hashimoto

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