博雅讲坛第388-390讲暨“语料库语言学”系列讲座

【讲座安排】（2018年5月9日-10日，西南大学外国语学院903学术报告厅）

【内容提要】

1. “Conducting language research by combining cognitive and corpus linguistic approaches” Abstract:

In the past two decades, cognitive and corpus linguistics have emerged as arguably the two most influential linguistic approaches in the field. This speech explores rationales and existing efforts to integrate cognitive and corpus linguistic approaches in language research and teaching. It will first explore the theoretical grounds and rationales for combining the two linguistic approaches by focusing on the two approaches’ shared view of language as being usage-based and meaning-centered and their rejection of lexis and grammar as two rigid separate domains, a separation held by traditional linguistic theories. Then, using concrete language examples from English and Chinese, the speech will describe how combining Cognitive and corpus linguistic approaches may enhance 1) the validity and reliability of research on language use and 2) the effectiveness of language learning/teaching. Drawing on the speaker’s own research publications as well as those by other researchers, this part of the speech will focus on language usage issues that researchers and teachers alike have considered to be especially difficult to understand and explain, such as the use of collocations, phrasemes (including formulae), prepositions, synonyms, and tenses/aspects. The examples given will help showcase how combining Cognitive and corpus linguistic approaches can produce new insightful understandings about language usage and acquisition issues that could not be attained otherwise. The speech will end with a discussion of the challenges and future directions of combining Cognitive and corpus linguistic approaches in language research and teaching.

2. “Using corpora for language learning and teaching”

Abstract:

Thanks to rapid advancements in corpus linguistics and computer technology, corpora have become an increasingly popular tool for language learning and teaching. Understanding how to use corpora in teaching is thus important for today’s language teachers. Using information and examples from research (mainly his own publications) and actual English learning/teaching experience, the speaker first briefly introduces various corpus tools and resources, and then demonstrate useful procedures and activities for using corpora to teach various aspects of English, including vocabulary and grammar.

3. “Doing research on second language acquisition using learner corpora”

Abstract:

There has been a substantially increased interest in using learner corpora in studying second language acquisition. This speech discusses how learner corpora may be used for this purpose, especially for identifying and understanding L2 lexicogrammatical usage errors. Based on the author’s two studies that examined Chinese EFL learners use of some challenging words in Wen, Wang, and Liang’s (2005) SWCCL corpus, I will describe in detail the methodology used, data analysis involved, and the results produced. I will show how such learner corpus analyses can uncover both inappropriate usages and successfully acquired usages by Chinese EFL learners as well as the likely causes of the problems in the learners’ inappropriate usages. Pedagogical and research implications are also discussed.

【主讲人简介】

Dr. Dilin Liu is Professor and Coordinator of the Applied Linguistics/TESOL program in the English Department at the University of Alabama, U.S.A. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University. His research and teaching focus on the description and teaching of English grammar and vocabulary using cognitive-, corpus-, and sociolinguistic approaches. He has published extensively, including six books (five authored and one edited) and numerous journal articles and book chapters. His articles have appeared in many different leading international journals in linguistics and applied linguistics, including Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, ELT Journal, English for Specific Purposes, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics,  Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Journal of English Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, Modern Language Journal, Research in the Teaching of English, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, TESOL Journal, and TESOL Quarterly. He has served on the editorial boards of ELT Journal, Lingua, TESOL Journal, TESOL Quarterly, among others, as well as a reviewer for over twenty international journals and book publishers, such as Cambridge University Press, Palgrave-MacMillan, and Routledge. He also served as the Chair of the Applied Linguistics Interest Section of TESOL International Association (2011-2012) and President of Oklahoma TESOL (2005—2006). In addition, he has received several teaching and other achievement awards and honors, such as the University Alabama A&S Distinguished Teaching Fellow (2013-2016), Oklahoma City University Outstanding Faculty Award (2003), and Oklahoma State University A&S Distinguished Alumnus (2015). Finally, he has also been a frequent invited speaker at international conferences and universities in the U.S. and many other countries and regions, such as Brazil, Cambodia, China, Japan, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.