Concgramming: A computer driven approach to learning the phraseology of English

ReCALL

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-306

  Greaves, Chris ^a   Warren, Martin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

aboutness; concgramming; concgrams; data driven language learning; phraseological profile; phraseology

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849126890     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344007000432     Document Type: Article

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