BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news304@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210517T170220 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210518T161500 SUMMARY:Toing and Froing between Theory and Data: A Study of Causative Cons tructions in EFL and ESL DESCRIPTION:Theory and data are two essential components of linguistic rese arch\, including second language acquisition research. This presentation w ill illustrate the toing and froing between these two components within th e frame of a study of causative constructions in English as a foreign lang uage (EFL) and English as a second language (ESL). Using a constructionist corpus-based approach\, the study starts from a usage-based view of langu age acquisition to formulate the hypothesis of “input-dependent L2 acqui sition”\, which predicts that ESL learners\, who get exposed to naturall y-occurring language\, should have a better command of causative construct ions than EFL learners\, who rely almost exclusively on formal instruction . This hypothesis is tested thanks to a comparison of the frequency\, synt actic behaviour and phraseological preferences of periphrastic causative c onstructions with cause\, get\, have and make in corpora of EFL and ESL st udent writing. The results of the corpus analysis lead to a refinement of the initial hypothesis and of the usage-based model of L2 acquisition\, su ggesting that other factors than context should also be taken into account .\\r\\nIn the presentation\, I will describe the genesis of the study and explain how and why certain methodological decisions were made. Among othe r issues\, I will discuss corpus choice\, data extraction (in relation to precision and recall)\, and data coding. After presenting the outcome of t he corpus study\, I will underline the importance of using the results of data analysis to feed back into theory as well as applications.\\r\\nIf yo u would like to listen to this guest lecture\, please contact Dr. Zeynep K öylü [mailto:zeynep.koylu@unibas.ch] to obtain the necessary Zoom link. X-ALT-DESC:

Theory and data are two essential components of linguistic re search\, including second language acquisition research. This presentation will illustrate the toing and froing between these two components within the frame of a study of causative constructions in English as a foreign la nguage (EFL) and English as a second language (ESL). Using a constructioni st corpus-based approach\, the study starts from a usage-based view of lan guage acquisition to formulate the hypothesis of “input-dependent L2 acq uisition”\, which predicts that ESL learners\, who get exposed to natura lly-occurring language\, should have a better command of causative constru ctions than EFL learners\, who rely almost exclusively on formal instructi on. This hypothesis is tested thanks to a comparison of the frequency\, sy ntactic behaviour and phraseological preferences of periphrastic causative constructions with cause\, get\, have and make in corpora of EFL and ESL student writing. The results of the corpus analysis lead to a refinement o f the initial hypothesis and of the usage-based model of L2 acquisition\, suggesting that other factors than context should also be taken into accou nt.

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In the presentation\, I will describe the genesis of the study and explain how and why certain methodological decisions were made. Among other issues\, I will discuss corpus choice\, data extraction (in relatio n to precision and recall)\, and data coding. After presenting the outcome of the corpus study\, I will underline the importance of using the result s of data analysis to feed back into theory as well as applications.

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If you would like to listen to this guest lecture\, please contact Dr. Zeynep Köylü to obtain the necessary Zoom link.

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