Errors in the Compositions of Second-Year German Students
An Empirical Study for Parser-Based ICALI
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https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v12i1.5-17Keywords:
Writing aids, courseware development, parsing, ICALI, error analysis, error typologyAbstract
An analysis of errors in an approximately 400 page corpus of German essays by American college students in second-year language courses shows that syntax is the most problematic area, followed by morphology. These two categories together make up 53% of errors. Errors are divided into five categories and two types. The study, a contribution to the error analysis element of a syntactic parser of German, indicates that most student errors (80%) are not of semantic origin, and therefore, are potentially recognizable by a syntactic parser.
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Juozulynas, Vilius (1991). “An Error Analysis of the Compositions of Second-Year German Students: A Computer-Assisted Study.” M.A. Thesis. Miami University, Ohio.
Krishna, Valerie (1975). “The Syntax of Error.” Journal of Basic Writing Spring, 43-49.
Rogers, Margaret (1984). “On Major Types of Written Error in Advanced Students of German.” IRAL: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching 22, 1, 1-39.
Sanders, Alton F., and Ruth H. Sanders (1989). “Syntactic Parsing: A Survey.” Computers and the Humanities 23, 13-30.
Sanders, Ruth H. (1991). “Error Analysis in Purely Syntactic Parsing of Free Input: The Example of German.” CALICO Journal 9, 1, 72-89.
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2013-01-14
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Juozulynas, V. (2013). Errors in the Compositions of Second-Year German Students : An Empirical Study for Parser-Based ICALI. CALICO Journal, 12(1), 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v12i1.5-17
