subject:(multi word expressions)

Victoria University of Wellington

1. Thomson, Haidee. Developing fluency with multi-word expressions.

Degree: 2020, Victoria University of Wellington

► This three-part study was motivated by the need for empirically tested methods for teaching and learning multi-word expressions to develop fluency in language learning classrooms.… (more)

▼ This three-part study was motivated by the need for empirically tested methods for teaching and learning multi-word expressions to develop fluency in language learning classrooms. Using an action research paradigm in an EFL university learning context in rural Japan, the study draws on earlier work by Boers, Eyckmans, Kappel, Stengers, & Demecheleer (2006) who linked speaking fluency with the use of multi-word expressions, and Wood (2009) who found increases in fluency after multi-word expression focussed teaching and practice with one learner in an ESL context. This study also draws on Nation's (2007) Four Strands framework for fluency building. In the first of the three studies, a conceptual replication of the fluency workshop (including phrase instruction, shadowing, dictogloss, and role-play for example) by Wood (2009) was carried out. In contrast to Wood’s approach, this study contained more than one participant (n = 52) and a control group (n = 35). The control group also followed a fluency building program but without a focus on learning target expressions. Learning effects were tested using pre- and post-test measures, including a cloze test of 30 target multi-word expressions to measure form and meaning knowledge, a dialogue role-play recording between participants to measure speaking fluency and use of multi-word expressions, and the first three levels of the Listening Vocabulary Levels Test (McLean et al., 2015) to measure general vocabulary knowledge. Feedback was collected from participants and teacher/researcher observations were recorded to evaluate the contextual appropriateness of experimental classroom activities. Results showed development of meaning and form knowledge of target expressions, but no discernible development in spoken use of the expressions or fluency for the experimental group when compared with the control group. There was also no difference in general vocabulary knowledge between the groups. The second study (n = 25) incorporated improvements to the class activities, such as adding time limits to activities, and data collection methods, including expanding the role-play scenario, based on feedback from the first study. A qualitative analysis of two speakers’ use of a target expression in conversation suggested that fluent use of target expressions could be achieved within nine class hours if participants had some prior knowledge of the expressions. However, a replication was necessary with more participants and a control group to be able to generalise target expression use results to a wider population. Therefore, the third study replicated the second with more participants (n = 65) and a control group (n = 51). Results confirmed that the adapted experimental teaching activities were effective for developing form and meaning knowledge as well as the use of the target expressions in conversation. However, while fluency improved within the experimental group, the improvement was not statistically significant when compared with the control group. The results from these studies… Advisors/Committee Members: Coxhead, Averil, Boers, Frank.

Subjects/Keywords: multi-word expressions; speaking fluency; EFL; Japan; formulaic language

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APA (6^th Edition):

Thomson, H. (2020). Developing fluency with multi-word expressions. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9373

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Thomson, Haidee. “Developing fluency with multi-word expressions.” 2020. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9373.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Thomson, Haidee. “Developing fluency with multi-word expressions.” 2020. Web. 19 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Thomson H. Developing fluency with multi-word expressions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9373.

Council of Science Editors:

Thomson H. Developing fluency with multi-word expressions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9373

2. Wahl, Alexander Robert. The Distributional Learning of Multi-Word Expressions: A Computational Approach.

Degree: 2015, University of California – eScholarship, University of California

URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0zj099q6

► There has been much recent research in corpus and computational linguistics on distributional learning algorithms—computer code that induces latent linguistic structures in corpus data based… (more)

▼ There has been much recent research in corpus and computational linguistics on distributional learning algorithms—computer code that induces latent linguistic structures in corpus data based on co-occurrences of transcribed units in that data. These algorithms have varied applications, from the investigation of human cognitive processes to the corpus extraction of relevant linguistic structures for lexicographic, second language learning, or natural language processing applications, among others. They also operate at various levels of linguistic structure, from phonetics to syntax. One area of research on distributional learning algorithms in which there remains relatively little work is the learning of multi-word, memorized, formulaic sequences, based on the co-occurrences of words. Examples of such multi-word expressions (MWEs) include kick the bucket, New York City, sit down, and as a matter of fact. In this dissertation, I present a novel computational approach to the distributional learning of such sequences in corpora. Entitled MERGE (Multi-word Expressions from the Recursive Grouping of Elements), my algorithm iteratively works by (1) assigning a statistical ‘attraction’ score to each two-word sequence (bigram) in a corpus, based on the individual and co-occurrence frequencies of these two words in that corpus; and (2) merging the highest-scoring bigram into a single, lexicalized unit. These two steps then repeat until some maximum number of iterations or minimum score threshold is reached (since, broadly speaking, the winning score progressively decreases with increasing iterations). Because one (or both) of the ‘words’ making up a winning bigram may be an output merged item from a previous iteration, the algorithm is able to learn MWEs that are in principle of any length (e.g., apple pie versus I’ll believe it when I see it). Moreover, these MWEs may contain one or more discontinuities of different sizes, up to some maximum size threshold (measured in words) specified by the user (e.g., as _ as in as tall as and as big as). Typically, the extraction of MWEs has been handled by algorithms that identify only continuous sequences, and in which the user must specify the length(s) of the sequences to be extracted beforehand; thus, MERGE offers a bottom-up, distributional-based approach that addresses these issues.In the present dissertation, in addition to describing the algorithm, I report three rating experiments and one corpus-based early child language study that validate the efficacy of MERGE in identifying MWEs. In one experiment, participants rate sequences extracted from a corpus by the algorithm for how well they instantiate true MWEs. As expected, the results reveal that the high-scoring output items that MERGE identifies early in its iterative process are rated as ‘good’ MWEs by participants (based on certain subjective criteria), with the quality of these ratings decreasing for output from later iterations (i.e., output items that were scored lower by the algorithm). In the other two experiments,…

Subjects/Keywords: Linguistics; collocation extraction; distributional learning; formulaic language; language acquisition; multi-word expressions; usage-based linguistics

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APA (6^th Edition):

Wahl, A. R. (2015). The Distributional Learning of Multi-Word Expressions: A Computational Approach. (Thesis). University of California – eScholarship, University of California. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0zj099q6

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Wahl, Alexander Robert. “The Distributional Learning of Multi-Word Expressions: A Computational Approach.” 2015. Thesis, University of California – eScholarship, University of California. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0zj099q6.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Wahl, Alexander Robert. “The Distributional Learning of Multi-Word Expressions: A Computational Approach.” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Wahl AR. The Distributional Learning of Multi-Word Expressions: A Computational Approach. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – eScholarship, University of California; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0zj099q6.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Wahl AR. The Distributional Learning of Multi-Word Expressions: A Computational Approach. [Thesis]. University of California – eScholarship, University of California; 2015. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0zj099q6

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

3. Mielens, Jason David. Unknown word sequences in HPSG.

Degree: MA, Linguistics, 2014, University of Texas – Austin

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26312

► This work consists of an investigation into the properties of unknown words in HPSG, and in particular into the phenomenon of multi-word unknown expressions consisting… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Parsing; HPSG; Unknowns; CRF; Multi-word expressions

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APA (6^th Edition):

Mielens, J. D. (2014). Unknown word sequences in HPSG. (Masters Thesis). University of Texas – Austin. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26312

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Mielens, Jason David. “Unknown word sequences in HPSG.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Texas – Austin. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26312.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Mielens, Jason David. “Unknown word sequences in HPSG.” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Mielens JD. Unknown word sequences in HPSG. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26312.

Council of Science Editors:

Mielens JD. Unknown word sequences in HPSG. [Masters Thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26312

4. Zafeiri, Stavroula. Τα μεταφραστικά δάνεια της νέας Ελληνικής.

Degree: 2015, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ)

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/37943

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The thesis attempts a thorough investigation of loan translations at an interlingual level, with a focus on Modern Greek. Loan translation is perceived as a… (more)

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The thesis attempts a thorough investigation of loan translations at an interlingual level, with a focus on Modern Greek. Loan translation is perceived as a process that involves the borrowing of a relationship between the context and the form of a foreign lexical model with a fixed notional context. Thus, it does not refer to the reproduction of free lexical sequences or imaginative word formations. Consequently, loan translations are approached, first of all, as novel meaning units and, as a result, novel lexical combinations. As semantic units, they reproduce concepts with a general (scientific/technical), specific or/and metaphorical meaning. As syntagmatic structures, they constitute multimorphemic single- or multi-word units, which result from the morphemic analysis and substitution of foreign multimorphemic units by means of “indigenous” morphemes. As regards translational equivalence, they can be placed on a scale from literal loan translations to loan renditions with several intermediate positions.The thesis proposes an original classification and categorization of loan translations in Modern Greek on the basis of morphological and semantic criteria. The typology suggested takes into account such parameters as source languages, as well as the cognitive and stylistic areas of loan translations. A basic finding is that Modern Greek loan translations exhibit extensive semantic variation. Scientific and technical terms form a particularly numerous group; many of its members enter everyday vocabulary with a metaphorical meaning, which often prevails over the literal one. In morpho-syntactic terms, they range from single-word formations (compounds and derivatives), to multi-word compounds, collocations and idiomatic expressions, even with the form of sentence structure.The thesis includes a case study involving a detailed presentation of loan translations and internationalisms that belong to two paradigms of two international morphemes of Greek origin, namely psycho– and –phobia and the systematic etymological and lexicological study of selected loan translations of the type of multi-word compounds.

Στη διατριβή επιχειρείται η συστηματική εξέταση των μεταφραστικών δανείων σε διαγλωσσικό επίπεδο και με έμφαση στη Νέα Ελληνική γλώσσα. Ο μεταφραστικός δανεισμός εκλαμβάνεται ως δανεισμός της σχέσης μεταξύ περιεχομένου και μορφής της ξένης λεξικής μονάδας-προτύπου, που αφορά την αναπαραγωγή αυτόνομων λεξικών ενοτήτων και όχι ελεύθερων λεξικών ακολουθιών ή «ευρηματικών» λεξιπλασιών. Τα μεταφραστικά δάνεια προσεγγίζονται ως πρωτότυπες, καταρχήν, σημασιολογικές και, κατ’ επέκταση, λεξικές συνδέσεις. Ως σημασιολογικές μονάδες, αναπαράγουν γενικές (επιστημονικές/τεχνικές), ειδικές ή/και μεταφορικές έννοιες. Ως συνταγματικές δομές, αποτελούν πολυμορφηματικές μονάδες, μονολεκτικές ή πολυλεκτικές, οι οποίες προκύπτουν από τη μορφηματική ανάλυση και υποκατάσταση ξένων πολυμορφηματικών μονάδων από «αυτόχθονα» μορφήματα. Ως προς τη μεταφραστική ισοδυναμία, κινούνται σε μια κλίμακα που ξεκινά από πιστές και καταλήγει σε…

Subjects/Keywords: Μεταφραστικά δάνεια; Γλωσσικός δανεισμός; μεταφραστικός δανεισμός; Διεθνισμοί; Διγλωσσία; Γλωσσική επαφή; Έκτυπα; Μονολεκτικά σύνθετα; Πολυλεκτικά σύνθετα; Παγιωμένες ακολουθίες; Λεξιλογικές συνάψεις; loan translations; linguistic borrowing; Internationalisms; Bilingualism; Language contacts; Calques; single-word compounds; Multi-word compounds; Idiomatic expressions; Collocations

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APA (6^th Edition):

Zafeiri, S. (2015). Τα μεταφραστικά δάνεια της νέας Ελληνικής. (Thesis). National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/37943

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Zafeiri, Stavroula. “Τα μεταφραστικά δάνεια της νέας Ελληνικής.” 2015. Thesis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ). Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/37943.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zafeiri, Stavroula. “Τα μεταφραστικά δάνεια της νέας Ελληνικής.” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Zafeiri S. Τα μεταφραστικά δάνεια της νέας Ελληνικής. [Internet] [Thesis]. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ); 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/37943.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Zafeiri S. Τα μεταφραστικά δάνεια της νέας Ελληνικής. [Thesis]. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ); 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/37943

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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