tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Automatic Collocation Suggestion in Academic Writing"

In recent years, collocation has been widely acknowledged as an essential characteristic to distinguish native speakers from non-native speakers. Research on academic writing has also shown that collocations are not only common but serve a particularly important discourse function within the academic community. In our study, we propose a machine learning approach to implementing an online collocation writing assistant. We use a data-driven classifier to provide collocation suggestions to improve word choices, based on the result of classification. . | Automatic Collocation Suggestion in Academic Writing Jian-Cheng Wu1 Yu-Chia Chang1 i 1 National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan wujc86 richtrf @ Abstract In recent years collocation has been widely acknowledged as an essential characteristic to distinguish native speakers from non-native speakers. Research on academic writing has also shown that collocations are not only common but serve a particularly important discourse function within the academic community. In our study we propose a machine learning approach to implementing an online collocation writing assistant. We use a data-driven classifier to provide collocation suggestions to improve word choices based on the result of classification. The system generates and ranks suggestions to assist learners collocation usages in their academic writing with satisfactory results. 1 Introduction The notion of collocation has been widely discussed in the field of language teaching for decades. It has been shown that collocation a successive common usage of words in a chain is important in helping language learners achieve native-like fluency. In the field of English for Academic Purpose more and more researchers are also recognizing this important feature in academic writing. It is often argued that collocation can influence the effectiveness of a piece of writing and the lack of such knowledge might cause cumulative loss of precision Howarth 1998 . Many researchers have discussed the function of collocations in the highly conventionalized and specialized writing used within academia. Research also identified noticeable increases in the quantity and quality of collocational usage by . . . Corresponding author Yu-chia Chang Email address richtrf@ Teruko Mitamura2 Jason S. Chang1 2 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh United States teruko@ native speakers Howarth 1998 . Granger 1998 reported that learners underuse native-like collocations and overuse atypical word .