Is There an “Applied Linguistics” Vocabulary? Questioning Disciplinary Biodata Delineation in EAP Wordlist Construction  

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Sage, Colin

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Asian ESP Journal vol. 9 no. 1 (2013), page 123-146.
Topik: wordlists; applied linguistics; disciplinary difference; specificity
Fulltext: 123-146.pdf (102.59KB)

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This paper builds on previous research studies that explore the optimal degree of specificity required in the compilation of wordlists in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) by evaluating the proposition that learners should study disciplinary, as opposed to academic- register based vocabularies. We examined a 2.2 million word corpus representing three specialisms of a single discipline (Applied Linguistics) and found inter-specialism differences in the range, frequency, collocation and meaning of individual lexical items. More surprisingly, this inter-specialism variation appeared to occur to a similar degree to previously observed differences between disciplines. These results suggest the discipline-register may be only marginally more useful than the academic-register in assessing learner needs for EAP wordlist compilation. It is therefore argued further research needs to be conducted to examine the conceptual units used to structure wordlist construction.

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