Constructing a Collocation Learning System from the Wikipedia Corpus

Shaoqun Wu, Liang Li, Ian H. Witten and Alex Yu
Additional contact information
Shaoqun Wu: Computer Science Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Liang Li: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Ian H. Witten: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Alex Yu: Centre for Business, Information Technology and Enterprise (CBITE), Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 2016, vol. 6, issue 3, 18-35

Abstract: The importance of collocations for success in language learning is widely recognized. Concordancers, originally designed for linguists, are among the most popular tools for students to obtain, organize, and study collocations derived from corpora. This paper describes the design and development of a collocation learning system that is built from Wikipedia text and provides language learners with an easy-to-use interface for looking up collocations of any word that occurs in Wikipedia. The use of this corpus exposes learners to contemporary, content-related text, and enables them to search for semantically related words for a given topic. The system organizes collocations by syntactic pattern, sorts them by frequency, and links them to their original context. The paper includes a practical user guide to illustrate how to use the system as a language aid to facilitate academic writing.

Date: 2016
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve ... 8/IJCALLT.2016070102 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jcallt:v:6:y:2016:i:3:p:18-35

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT) is currently edited by Bin Zou

More articles in International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT) from IGI Global
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journal Editor ().