Aviation English and Corpus Linguistics have been put together and focused by some investigations especially those regarding Aeronautical English (the language used between pilots and air traffic controllers in intern...Aviation English and Corpus Linguistics have been put together and focused by some investigations especially those regarding Aeronautical English (the language used between pilots and air traffic controllers in international radi<span>otelephony communications). However, English used in aviation mainten</span>ance, specifically in written documents, has not been as much researched. This pa<span>per briefly explains the main concepts considering Aviation English and </span>pre</span><span style="font-family:"">- </span><span style="font-family:"">sents—based on previous researches—aircraft maintenance professionals’</span><span style="font-family:""> needs and regulatory agencies’ requirements related to language proficiency. Afterwards, it summarizes information about the most important technical publications for aircraft maintenance and describes the compilation of the Corpus of documents related to aviation maintenance (CoDoRAM). At the end, some ways the corpus can be used to teach vocabulary and grammar in English are pointed out. Although corpus compilation and analysis have been proved to be valuable for research and instructional purposes, most of publications en<span>compass English for academic purposes teaching context. For that reason,</span> this is a way to inspire new projects related to English used in aviation maintenance and the use of corpora in English for specific purposes classes.展开更多
This paper explores the application and effect evaluation of corpus linguistics in English teaching.It first introduces the basic concepts and development history of corpus linguistics,then analyzes its connection wit...This paper explores the application and effect evaluation of corpus linguistics in English teaching.It first introduces the basic concepts and development history of corpus linguistics,then analyzes its connection with language teaching theories,discussing the advantages and challenges of using corpora in language teaching.Next,it delves into the methods and technologies for building and utilizing corpora,as well as their role in developing teaching resources.Lastly,within the framework and methods of teaching effect evaluation,specific application cases of corpus linguistics in teaching design are analyzed,and their effects are assessed.Recommendations for teaching improvement and future development directions are also proposed.展开更多
Individuals with suicidal ideation often turn to virtual communities such as Cairo Confessions(CC),an Egyptian-founded Facebook group,to anonymously share their emotions and thoughts.Suicide posts on CC constitute a r...Individuals with suicidal ideation often turn to virtual communities such as Cairo Confessions(CC),an Egyptian-founded Facebook group,to anonymously share their emotions and thoughts.Suicide posts on CC constitute a rich source of emotional and evaluative content.This study investigates the gendered expression of the three dimensions of Attitude-AFFECT,JUDGMENT,and APPRECIATION-as well as the articulation of suicidal ideation.The theoretical framework integrates Martin and White’s(2005.The language of evaluation:Appraisal in English.Palgrave Macmillan)Appraisal Model with Daouk et al.’s(2023.Suicidality in the Arab world:Results from an Online Screener.Community Mental Health Journal 59.1401-1408)psychological scaling of suicidality.Data comprises 130 suicide posts,totaling 22,850 words,published between 2018 and 2024 on CC.This corpus is divided into male and female sub-corpora based on the authors’self-declared gender.Findings reveal distinct gender differences in various aspects of Attitude expression and suicidal ideation.Nonetheless,across both genders,the discourse predominantly reflects negative over positive Attitudes,marked increases in negative Affect,a higher prevalence of suicidal thoughts compared to reports of actual suicide attempts,and frequent use of first-person pronouns.This creates a discourse that is emotionally intense,dark in tone,and highly self-focused.The study addresses a critical public health issue-suicide-in a culturally specific context,thereby filling a research gap concerning non-Western populations.展开更多
Existing datasets for move recognition,such as PubMed 20ok RCT,exhibit several problems that significantly impact recognition performance,especially for Background and Objective labels.In order to improve the move rec...Existing datasets for move recognition,such as PubMed 20ok RCT,exhibit several problems that significantly impact recognition performance,especially for Background and Objective labels.In order to improve the move recognition performance,we introduce a method and construct a refined corpus based on PubMed,named RCMR 280k.This corpus comprises approximately 280,000 structured abstracts,totaling 3,386,008 sentences,each sentence is labeled with one of five categories:Background,Objective,Method,Result,or Conclusion.We also construct a subset of RCMR,named RCMR_RCT,corresponding to medical subdomain of RCTs.We conduct comparison experiments using our RCMR,RCMR_RCT with PubMed 380k and PubMed 200k RCT,respectively.The best results,obtained using the MSMBERT model,show that:(1)our RCMR outperforms PubMed 380k by 0.82%,while our RCMR_RCT outperforms PubMed 200k RCT by 9.35%;(2)compared with PubMed 380k,our corpus achieve better improvement on the Results and Conclusions categories,with average F1 performance improves 1%and 0.82%,respectively;(3)compared with PubMed 200k RCT,our corpus significantly improves the performance in the Background and Objective categories,with average F1 scores improves 28.31%and 37.22%,respectively.To the best of our knowledge,our RCMR is among the rarely high-quality,resource-rich refined PubMed corpora available.Our work in this paper has been applied in the SciAlEngine,which is openly accessible for researchers to conduct move recognition task.展开更多
This study investigates the use of sentence connectors in British students'timed and untimed writings,utilizing data from the British component of the International Corpus of English(ICE-GB).By comparing the frequ...This study investigates the use of sentence connectors in British students'timed and untimed writings,utilizing data from the British component of the International Corpus of English(ICE-GB).By comparing the frequency and patterns of 54 selected connectors between these two writing conditions,the research reveals that students tend to overuse certain basic connectors like and and or,particularly in timed examinations.The analysis also highlights the impact of time pressure on linguistic choices,showing a preference for simpler connectors in timed settings.The findings contribute to understanding native English speakers'connector usage and suggest implications for academic writing and teaching strategies.展开更多
文摘Aviation English and Corpus Linguistics have been put together and focused by some investigations especially those regarding Aeronautical English (the language used between pilots and air traffic controllers in international radi<span>otelephony communications). However, English used in aviation mainten</span>ance, specifically in written documents, has not been as much researched. This pa<span>per briefly explains the main concepts considering Aviation English and </span>pre</span><span style="font-family:"">- </span><span style="font-family:"">sents—based on previous researches—aircraft maintenance professionals’</span><span style="font-family:""> needs and regulatory agencies’ requirements related to language proficiency. Afterwards, it summarizes information about the most important technical publications for aircraft maintenance and describes the compilation of the Corpus of documents related to aviation maintenance (CoDoRAM). At the end, some ways the corpus can be used to teach vocabulary and grammar in English are pointed out. Although corpus compilation and analysis have been proved to be valuable for research and instructional purposes, most of publications en<span>compass English for academic purposes teaching context. For that reason,</span> this is a way to inspire new projects related to English used in aviation maintenance and the use of corpora in English for specific purposes classes.
文摘This paper explores the application and effect evaluation of corpus linguistics in English teaching.It first introduces the basic concepts and development history of corpus linguistics,then analyzes its connection with language teaching theories,discussing the advantages and challenges of using corpora in language teaching.Next,it delves into the methods and technologies for building and utilizing corpora,as well as their role in developing teaching resources.Lastly,within the framework and methods of teaching effect evaluation,specific application cases of corpus linguistics in teaching design are analyzed,and their effects are assessed.Recommendations for teaching improvement and future development directions are also proposed.
文摘Individuals with suicidal ideation often turn to virtual communities such as Cairo Confessions(CC),an Egyptian-founded Facebook group,to anonymously share their emotions and thoughts.Suicide posts on CC constitute a rich source of emotional and evaluative content.This study investigates the gendered expression of the three dimensions of Attitude-AFFECT,JUDGMENT,and APPRECIATION-as well as the articulation of suicidal ideation.The theoretical framework integrates Martin and White’s(2005.The language of evaluation:Appraisal in English.Palgrave Macmillan)Appraisal Model with Daouk et al.’s(2023.Suicidality in the Arab world:Results from an Online Screener.Community Mental Health Journal 59.1401-1408)psychological scaling of suicidality.Data comprises 130 suicide posts,totaling 22,850 words,published between 2018 and 2024 on CC.This corpus is divided into male and female sub-corpora based on the authors’self-declared gender.Findings reveal distinct gender differences in various aspects of Attitude expression and suicidal ideation.Nonetheless,across both genders,the discourse predominantly reflects negative over positive Attitudes,marked increases in negative Affect,a higher prevalence of suicidal thoughts compared to reports of actual suicide attempts,and frequent use of first-person pronouns.This creates a discourse that is emotionally intense,dark in tone,and highly self-focused.The study addresses a critical public health issue-suicide-in a culturally specific context,thereby filling a research gap concerning non-Western populations.
基金supported by the project"Deep learning-based scientific literature knowledge engine demonstration system"(Grant No.E0290905)from the Chinese Academy of Sciences。
文摘Existing datasets for move recognition,such as PubMed 20ok RCT,exhibit several problems that significantly impact recognition performance,especially for Background and Objective labels.In order to improve the move recognition performance,we introduce a method and construct a refined corpus based on PubMed,named RCMR 280k.This corpus comprises approximately 280,000 structured abstracts,totaling 3,386,008 sentences,each sentence is labeled with one of five categories:Background,Objective,Method,Result,or Conclusion.We also construct a subset of RCMR,named RCMR_RCT,corresponding to medical subdomain of RCTs.We conduct comparison experiments using our RCMR,RCMR_RCT with PubMed 380k and PubMed 200k RCT,respectively.The best results,obtained using the MSMBERT model,show that:(1)our RCMR outperforms PubMed 380k by 0.82%,while our RCMR_RCT outperforms PubMed 200k RCT by 9.35%;(2)compared with PubMed 380k,our corpus achieve better improvement on the Results and Conclusions categories,with average F1 performance improves 1%and 0.82%,respectively;(3)compared with PubMed 200k RCT,our corpus significantly improves the performance in the Background and Objective categories,with average F1 scores improves 28.31%and 37.22%,respectively.To the best of our knowledge,our RCMR is among the rarely high-quality,resource-rich refined PubMed corpora available.Our work in this paper has been applied in the SciAlEngine,which is openly accessible for researchers to conduct move recognition task.
文摘This study investigates the use of sentence connectors in British students'timed and untimed writings,utilizing data from the British component of the International Corpus of English(ICE-GB).By comparing the frequency and patterns of 54 selected connectors between these two writing conditions,the research reveals that students tend to overuse certain basic connectors like and and or,particularly in timed examinations.The analysis also highlights the impact of time pressure on linguistic choices,showing a preference for simpler connectors in timed settings.The findings contribute to understanding native English speakers'connector usage and suggest implications for academic writing and teaching strategies.
