The Spoken BNC2014

the role of thematic structure in comprehending spoken language

in fact this study is concerned with the relationship between the variation in thematice structure and the comprehension of spoken language. so the study focused on the following questions: 1. is there any relationship between thematic structure and the comprehension of spoken language? 2. which of the themes would have greated thematic force and be easier for the subjects to comprehend? accord...

On the Use of Diary Study to Investigate Avoidance Strategy in Spoken English Courses

In the present study, an attempt is made to investigate the frequency and motives of using avoidance strategies by a group of Iranian intermediate language learners through their own journal writing. The effect of gender on the use of avoidance strategies is to be investigated as well. Thirty nine female and twenty three male learners enrolled in an English language spoken course in a private E...

Introduction: Compiling and analysing the Spoken British National Corpus 2014

For over twenty years, the British National Corpus has been one of the most widely known and used corpora. It is almost impossible to attend an international corpus linguistics conference such as Corpus Linguistics, ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English), AACL (American Association for Corpus Linguistics) or APCLC (Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference) witho...

Navigating the Spoken Wikipedia

The Spoken Wikipedia project unites volunteer readers of encyclopedic entries. Their recordings make encyclopedic knowledge accessible to persons who are unable to read (out of alexia, visual impairment, or because their sight is currently occupied, e. g. while driving). However, on Wikipedia, recordings are available as raw audio files that can only be consumed linearly, without the possibilit...

The Spoken Dialogue Challenge