The Trinity Lancaster Corpus
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 288795525
- Type
- T - Other
- DOI
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10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/332
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- Brief description of type
- This is a corpus of over 4.1 million words representing spoken L2 English interaction.
- Open access status
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- Month
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- Year
- 2019
- URL
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http://corpora.lancs.ac.uk/trinity
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- "The Trinity Lancaster Corpus (TLC) is the largest, freely available corpus (dataset) of spoken and interactive learner English in the world. It allows research on spoken learner language on a scale that was not previously possible. The corpus has been released for free, public use, for research via Sketch Engine. The corpus may also be accessed, free of charge, via a custom built TLCHub (http://corpora.lancs.ac.uk/trinity) using the password LANCASTER1964
The TLC was constructed in six years from 2013 to 2019. The research process followed the principles of corpus linguistics, reflecting, critically evaluating and innovating the current practice in the field. In creating the resource, the corpus-building methodology was further developed and is now becoming a new standard in the field as described in Gablasova, D., Brezina, V., & McEnery, T. (2019). The Trinity Lancaster Corpus: Development, description and application. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research, 5(2), 126-158.
As a unique resource in second language learning, teaching and testing, the corpus has contributed to answering a number of key research questions with a potential to contribute to many more areas. Academic articles based on TLC have recently appeared in a special issue of the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research featuring studies by six leading international academics. The pedagogical value of the TLC has been discussed in a paper by Gablasova et al. (2019b). The testing application of the TLC has been discussed in a chapter in the Routledge Handbook (forthcoming) and has led to innovation in the practice of Trinity College London, an international testing board, and the development of a new test by them.
In terms of dissemination, The insights based on the corpus have been also disseminated through appropriate academic (journal articles and chapters) as well as non-academic (Trinity College London website, Corpus for Schools website) channels."
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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