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Corpus Linguistics for Language Learning Research
Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Geraldine Mark and Anne O'Keeffe
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 12] 2025
► pp. 56–83

Chapter 4
Researching word classes using corpora and POS tagging

Article outline
  • 4.1Early learner corpus research: The International Corpus of Learner English
  • 4.2Part-of-speech (POS) tagging, tagsets and learner corpora
    • 4.2.1Examples of POS tagging
    • 4.2.2Understanding different tagsets
    • 4.2.3Trialling POS tagging
    • 4.2.3Learner errors and tagging errors
  • 4.3Researching word classes
    • 4.3.1Looking at word classes: Applying a contrastive perspective
    • 4.3.2Study 1. An analysis of the pronoun I in two corpora
    • 4.3.3Study 2. Pronouns in subject positions and transfer effects
  • 4.4How to POS tag a corpus
    • 4.4.1Tagging a corpus using TagAnt
    • 4.4.2Tagging a corpus using Sketch Engine
  • 4.5Summary
  • Notes
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