The development of a Chinese learner corpus

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Dec 2012Publisher:IEEEJournal:2012 International Conference on Speech Database and Assessments

Authors: Maolin Wang; Qi Gong; Jie Kuang; Ziyu Xiong;

doi: 10.1109/icsda.2012.6422457

The development of a Chinese learner corpus

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A learner corpus is a very important resource for research on second language acquisition. In this paper, the design and development of a Chinese learner corpus is described. The corpus is based on compositions by learners from 59 countries. The procedure of the development of the corpus is reported, including coping, proofing, etc. Information such as type of writing, student number, time of writing, Chinese language proficiency level is recorded. The corpus will be helpful in teaching syllabus compilation, textbook development and dictionary compilation, etc.

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Institute of Linguistics
China (People's Republic of)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
China (People's Republic of)
Jinan University
China (People's Republic of)
University of Jinan
China (People's Republic of)

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