Randi Reppen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Randi Reppen is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2542-9477 | E‑ISSN 2542‑9485
Titles
Corpora and Discourse: The challenges of different settings
Edited by Annelie Ädel and Randi Reppen
This book brings together contributions from a diverse collection of scholars who explore different ways of combining corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, studying discourse at the prosodic, lexical, and textual levels. Both spoken and written discourse are investigated in a variety of… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 31] 2008. vi, 295 pp.
Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation
Edited by Randi Reppen, Susan Fitzmaurice and Douglas Biber
Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation illustrates the ways in which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based investigation. Two major kinds of research questions are considered: variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature, and variation across dialects or… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 9] 2002. xii, 275 pp.
2025 Comparing theory-based models of grammatical complexity in student writing Cumulative Knowledge Building in Learner Corpus Research, Larsson, Tove and Douglas Biber (eds.), pp. 145–177 | Article
The present study tests the empirical adequacy of competing models of grammatical complexity in university student writing, based on analysis of disciplinary texts from L1-English and L2-English students. The results show that grammatical complexity in student writing must be treated as a… read more
2024 And tonight, shocking revelations about TV news broadcasts: A hybrid spoken/written register, or a unique register? Register Studies 6:2, pp. 99–127 | Article
TV news broadcasts (TVNBs) represent an unusual mix of oral/literate situational characteristics. In addition, TVNBs have shifted historically to become increasingly focused on ‘soft’ human-interest stories. Thus, we have good reason to predict that present-day TVNBs will incorporate a hybrid… read more
2021 Automated annotation of learner English: An evaluation of software tools Natural language processing for learner corpus research, Kyle, Kristopher (ed.), pp. 17–52 | Article
This paper explores the use of natural language processing (NLP) tools and their utility for learner language analyses through a comparison of automatic linguistic annotation against a gold standard produced by humans. While there are a number of automated annotation tools for English currently… read more
2020 Exploring the longitudinal development of grammatical complexity in the disciplinary writing of L2-English university students International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 6:1, pp. 38–71 | Article
The present paper employs a corpus-based approach to track the longitudinal language development of university students. Compared to many other longitudinal studies, the present study tracks development over a relatively long period of time (two years) for a relatively large group of students… read more
2020 Methodological issues in contrastive lexical bundle research: The influence of corpus design on bundle identification International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 25:2, pp. 216–230 | Article
This study explores the influence of corpus design when comparing lexical bundle use across groups, examining how the number of texts and average length of texts can impact conclusions about group differences. The study compares the use of lexical bundles by L1-English versus L2-English writers,… read more
2020 Lexical bundles across disciplines: A look at consistency and variability Advances in Corpus-based Research on Academic Writing: Effects of discipline, register, and writer expertise, Römer-Barron, Ute, Viviana Cortes and Eric Friginal (eds.), pp. 169–182 | Chapter
This chapter reports on a study that examined over 700 four-word lexical bundles (Biber et al., 1999) identified from a multi-disciplinary corpus of over 25 million words from introductory courses across nine disciplines. Two types of bundles were identified: cross-disciplinary (occurring in at… read more
2019 Chapter 5. A comparison of lexical bundles in spoken courtroom language across time, registers, and varieties Corpus-based Research on Variation in English Legal Discourse, Fanego, Teresa and Paula Rodríguez-Puente (eds.), pp. 105–122 | Chapter
This chapter explores diachronic, register, and language varieties in courtroom language using three-word lexical bundles. Building on Culpeper and Kytö (2010), who described lexical bundles in Present Day English and Early Modern English trials, we explore the 1994 O. J. Simpson trial. Following… read more
2016 On the (non)utility of Juilland’s D to measure lexical dispersion in large corpora International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 21:4, pp. 439–464 | Article
This paper explores the effectiveness of Juilland’s D as a measure of vocabulary dispersion in large corpora. Through a series of experiments using the BNC, we explored the influence of three variables: the number of corpus-parts used for the computation of D, the frequency of the target word,… read more
2014 Preface Multi-Dimensional Analysis, 25 years on: A tribute to Douglas Biber, Berber Sardinha, Tony and Marcia Veirano Pinto (eds.), pp. xi–xii | Preface
2008 1. The challenges of different settings: An overview Corpora and Discourse: The challenges of different settings, Ädel, Annelie and Randi Reppen (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Article
2007 First language & second language writing delopment of elementary students: Two perspectives Corpus-Based Perspectives in Linguistics, Kawaguchi, Yuji, Toshihiro Takagaki, Nobuo Tomimori and Yoichiro Tsuruga (eds.), pp. 147–167 | Article
2004 Academic language: An exploration of university classroom and textbook language Discourse in the Professions: Perspectives from corpus linguistics, Connor, Ulla and Thomas A. Upton (eds.), pp. 65–86 | Article