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Researching Collocations in Another Language Also by Andy Barfield AUTONOMY YOU ASK! ( co-e dited with M. Nix) LEXICAL PROCESSING IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS: PAPERS AND PERSPECTIVES IN HONOUR OF PAUL MEARA ( co- edited with T. Fitzpatrick) MAINTAINING CONTROL: AUTONOMY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING ( co- edited with R. Pemberton and S. Toogood) RECONSTRUCTING AUTONOMY IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION: INQUIRY AND INNOVATION ( co-e dited with S. Brown) Also by Henrik Gyllstad TESTING ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS: DEVELOPING RECEPTIVE TESTS FOR USE WITH ADVANCED SWEDISH LEARNERS Researching Collocations in Another Language Multiple Interpretations Edited by Andy Barfield Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan Henrik Gyllstad Lund University, Sweden Selection and editorial matter © Andrew William Barfield and Henrik Gyllstad 2009 Chapters © their individual authors Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-20348-8 All rights reserved. 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Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN 978-1-349-30130-0 ISBN 978-0-230-24532-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230245327 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 Andrew dedicates this publication to the love and memory of his parents, John (1923–2008) and Muriel (1925–2009) Barfield. Henrik dedicates this publication to Magdalena. This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii Notes on Contributors xiv 1 Introduction: Researching L2 Collocation Knowledge and Development 1 Andy Barfield and Henrik Gyllstad Part I L2 Collocation Learner Corpus Research 2 Effects of Second Language Immersion on Second Language Collocational Development 21 Nicholas Groom 3 Sound Evidence: Phraseological Units in Spoken Corpora 34 Phoebe M. S. Lin and Svenja Adolphs 4 Exploring L1 and L2 Writing Development through Collocations: A Corpus- based Look 49 Randi Reppen 5 Commentary on Part I: Learner Corpora: A Window onto the L2 Phrasicon 60 Sylviane Granger Part II L2 Collocation Lexicographic and Classroom Materials Research 6 Towards Collocational Webs for Presenting Collocations in Learners’ Dictionaries 69 Susanne Handl 7 Japanese Learners’ Collocation Dictionary Retrieval Performance 86 Yuri Komuro 8 Designing Pedagogic Materials to Improve Awareness and Productive Use of L2 Collocations 99 Jingyi Jiang 9 Commentary on Part II: Exploring Materials for the Study of L2 Collocations 114 Hilary Nesi vii viii Contents Part III L2 Collocation Knowledge Assessment Research 10 Evaluating a New Test of Whole English Collocations 125 Robert Lee Revier 11 Toward an Assessment of Learners’ Receptive and Productive Syntagmatic Knowledge 139 June Eyckmans 12 Designing and Evaluating Tests of Receptive Collocation Knowledge: COLLEX and COLLMATCH 153 Henrik Gyllstad 13 Commentary on Part III: Developing and Validating Tests of L2 Collocation Knowledge 171 John Shillaw Part IV L2 Collocation Learner Process and Practice Research 14 Collocation Learning through an ‘AWARE’ Approach: Learner Perspectives and Learning Process 181 Yang Ying and Marnie O’Neill 15 Learning Collocations through Attention- Drawing Techniques: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis 194 Elke Peters 16 Following Individuals’ L2 Collocation Development over Time 208 Andy Barfield 17 Commentary on Part IV: Processes in the Development of L2 Collocational Knowledge – A Challenge for Language Learners, Researchers and Teachers 224 Birgit Henriksen and Lars Stenius Stæhr 18 Conclusion: Navigating L2 Collocation Research 232 Alison Wray References 245 Index 266 List of Figures 3.1 The four possibilities with phraseological unit boundary/ intonation unit boundary matching 38 3.2 Examples of I don’t know why as sentence stem, comment clause and disclaimer in NICLEs-CHN 40 3.3 The waveform and pitch changes of I don’t know why in Example 4 45 3.4 The waveform and pitch changes of I don’t know why in Example 5 46 6.1 Two lexemes linked by collocational direction and attraction 75 6.2 A refined dictionary entry as used in the look- up study 76 6.3 A dictionary entry with integrated collocation information 77 6.4 Example collocational webs 79 6.5 Examples from the questionnaire 81 6.6 Look- up scores in relation to collocation display and task 83 8.1 Summary of textbook vocabulary tasks 103 12.1 A working definition of ‘collocation’ 155 12.2 A definition of the construct ‘receptive collocation knowledge’ 156 12.3 An example of a COLLEX item 157 12.4 Example items from the COLLMATCH test format 158 12.5 Frequency distribution of scores on VLT M (N(cid:2)307) 162 12.6 Frequency distribution of scores on COLLEX 5 (N(cid:2)307) 163 12.7 Frequency distribution of scores on COLLMATCH 3 (N(cid:2)307) 163 12.8 Results on COLLEX (k(cid:2)50, reliability (cid:3)(cid:2).89) and COLLMATCH (k(cid:2)100, reliability (cid:3)(cid:2).89) by groups 165 12.9 Scatterplot of VLT scores against COLLEX scores (n(cid:2)269) 167 12.10 Scatterplot of VLT scores against COLLMATCH scores (n(cid:2)269) 167 ix
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