Academic Vocabulary in Learner Writing: From Extraction to Analysis

by Magali Paquot

Academic vocabulary is in fashion, as witnessed by the increasing number of books published on the topic. In the first part of this book, Magali Paquot scrutinizes the concept of 'academic vocabulary' and proposes a corpus-driven procedure based on the criteria of keyness, range and evenness of distribution to select academic words that could be part of a common-core academic vocabulary syllabus.

In the second part, the author offers a thorough...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441130365
• ISBN13: 9781441130365
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"