EXPLANATION OF THREE RESEARCH TOPICS

         I’ m going to explain three of those research topics.

         First of all, I’m going to talk about Corpus Linguistics. The word Corpus may be used to refer to any text in written or spoken form. However in moder linguistics thisterm is used to refer to na large collection of texts which represent a sample of a particular variety or use of language that are presented in machine readable form. On the hand, we have to refer to Corpus Linguistics, which is now seeing as the study of linguistic phenomena through large collections of machine- readable texts: corpora. These are used within a number of research areas going from the Descriptive Study of the Syntaxis of a Language to Prosody or Language Learning, to mention but a few. Th use of real examples of texts in the study of language is not a new issue in the history of linguistics. However, Corpus Linguistics has develop considerably in the lst decades due to the great possibilities offered by the processing of natural language with computers.

 

            Secondly, I have to mention Semantics, which is the study of meanings in communication. In linguistics is the interpretation of sings as used by agents or communities within particulr circumstances and contexts. Semanticists differ on what constitutes meaning  in an expression. Tradicionally , the formal semantic view restricts semantics to each literal meaning, and relegates all figurative associations to pragmatics, but this distinction is increasingly difficult to defend. The degree to which a theorist subscribes to the literal- figurative distinction decreases as one moves from the formal semantic, semiotic, pragmatic, to the cognitive semantic traditions.

 

         Finally, I’m going to mention  Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), is an approach to language teaching and learning in which computer technology is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement and assessment of material to be learned, usually including a substancial interactive element. The philosophy of this center is that the lessons should allow the learners to learn on their own using structure and/or unstructured interactive lessons. This lessons crry two important features: bidirectional (interactive ) learning and individualized learning. CALL is not a method. It is a tool that helps teachers to facilitate language learning process.

 

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