In:Textbook English: A multi-dimensional approach
Elen Le Foll
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 116] 2024
► pp. 96–139
Chapter 5Methodology
Adapting the multi-dimensional analysis (MDA) framework
Published online: 25 July 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.116.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.116.c5
Article outline
- 5.1The MDA framework
- 5.2MDA and textbook language
- 5.2.1Exploring textbook English using additive MDA
- 5.2.2Exploring textbook English by conducting a full MDA
- 5.3A modified MDA framework: MDA as applied in the present study
- 5.3.1Selection of text samples
- 5.3.2Selection of linguistic features
- 5.3.3Evaluation of the reliability of the feature counts
- 5.3.4Normalisation of feature counts
- 5.3.5Factor analysis method
- 5.3.6Dealing with skewed distributions of features
- 5.3.7Computation of dimension scores
- 5.3.8Comparison of dimension scores
- 5.3.9Visualisation of the results
- 5.3.10Reproducibility and replicability of the results
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