Recent work has pointed to the need for a detection-based approach to transfer capable of discovering elusive crosslinguistic effects through the use of human judges and computer classifiers that can learn to predict learners’ language backgrounds based on their patterns of language use. This book addresses that need. It details the nature of the detection-based approach, discusses how this approach fits into the overall scope of transfer research, and discusses the few previous studies that have laid the groundwork for this approach. The core of the book consists of five empirical studies that use computer classifiers to detect the native-language affiliations of texts written by foreign language learners of English. The results highlight combinations of language features that are the most reliable predictors of learners’ language backgrounds.
Table of Content
1 Scott Jarvis: The Detection-Based Approach: An Overview
2 Scott Jarvis, Gabriela Castañeda-Jiménez and Rasmus Nielsen: Detecting L2 Writers’ L1s on the Basis of their Lexical Styles
3 Scott Jarvis and Magali Paquot: Exploring the Role of N-Grams in L1 Identification
4 Scott A. Crossley and Danielle S. Mc Namara: Detecting the First Language of Second Language Writers Using Automated Indices of Cohesion, Lexical Sophistication, Syntactic Complexity, and Conceptual Knowledge
5 Yves Bestgen, Sylviane Granger and Jennifer Thewissen: Error Patterns and Automatic L1 Identification
6 Scott Jarvis, Yves Bestgen, Scott A. Crossley, Sylviane Granger, Magali Paquot, Jennifer Thewissen and Danielle S. Mc Namara: The Comparative and Combined Contributions of N-grams, Coh-Metrix Indices, and Error Types in the L1 Classification of Learner Texts
7 Scott A. Crossley: Detection-Based Approaches: Methods, Theories and Applications
About the author
Scott A. Crossley is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University. His work involves the application of natural language processing theories and approaches for investigating second language acquisition, text readability, and writing proficiency. His current research interests include lexical proficiency, writing quality, and text coherence and processing.
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