Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics - Exploring the learner lexicon through NLP Approaches (Prof. Scott Crossley, Vanderbilt University, USA)

June 27, 2.15 pm – 3.45 pm CEST

Hybrid talk - Sign up under: https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/nuoiB3N7Q7qx-ZNKwOm5Hw

Abstract:This talk and its subsequent workshop will explore lexical properties in the English language and methods to automatically calculate lexical features. The follow-up workshop will focus on introducing natural language processing tools for lexical studies and how they can be used to assess language learner data in a large corpus collected in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) setting. Data analysis techniques and hands-on data exploration will provide practical applications using learner corpora.

Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs | Head of Department and Professor of English Linguistics | Department of English, American and Celtic Studies | University of Bonn | Rabinstr. 8 53113 Bonn, Germany | https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/RFuchs | https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/people/chair/prof-dr-robert-fuchs | https://sites.google.com/view/rflinguistics/

*Recent publications:* Coats, S., Basile, A., Morin, C. & Fuchs, R. (to appear). *The YouTube Corpus of Singapore English Podcasts*. /English World-Wide/ Fuchs, R. et al. (to appear). *Non-standard morphosyntactic variation in L2 English varieties world-wide: A corpus-based study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024384125000737*. /Lingua/. Fuchs, R., Wiltshire, C. & Sarmah, P. (to appear). *The role of English in the linguistic ecology of Northeast India https://www.academia.edu/125365118/The_role_of_English_in_the_linguistic_ecology_of_Northeast_India*. In P. Siemund, et al. (Eds.), /World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies/. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Lange, C., & Fuchs, R. (to appear). *English in India*. In R. Hickey & K. Burridge (Eds.), /New Cambridge History of the English Language/. Cambridge: CUP. Fuchs, R. (2025). *Influencing people around the globe - The linguistic expression of persuasion across varieties of English worldwide* https://www.academia.edu/107491904/Influencing_people_around_the_globe_The_linguistic_expression_of_persuasion_across_varieties_of_English_worldwide_In_Dayter_Daria_and_Sofia. In D. Dayter, & S. Rüdiger (Eds.), /Manipulation, Influence, and Deception: The Changing Landscape of Persuasive Language/, 135-156. Cambridge: CUP.