A Corpus Linguistic Investigation into Lexicogrammatical Connections in the L2 Classroom

DOI

10.2991/cesses-19.2019.149How to use a DOI?

Keywords

corpus linguistics; ELT; lexicogrammtical connections; pattern grammar

Abstract

The paper looks at lexicogrammatical connections by investigating the grammar pattern “V. ... as ...” with the words “consider” and “regard” in British National Corpus (BNC). In the Chinese EFL context, English has been seen as an increasingly important school subject particularly since 21st century. Chinese students, though spending much time on English, tend to feel vocabulary learning quite demanding and sometimes find a difficulty in interpreting word meanings in context. In this paper, based on the analysis of a learning context, a new way of vocabulary teaching is proposed with a corpus-based investigation of the grammar pattern “V. ... as ...”, attempting to connect vocabulary (lexis) and structure (grammar) in the language classroom and help students improve the ability to apply English words successfully. Also, by examining “consider” and “regard” in BNC and comparing samples in BNC to a widely-used dictionary, it is found that words having a same grammar pattern have a tendency to share some aspects of meaning, reflecting the importance of the use of corpora in the ELT classroom.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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