An analysis of lexicogrammatical development in English textbooks in Turkey: A usage-based construction grammar approach
This article measures the syntactic development indices in grade 5-12 English textbooks in Turkey. Through a usage-based construction grammar approach, it argues that the textbooks show an inconsistent development in verb-argument constructions (VAC) and other usage-based indices. The study employs...
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| description | This article measures the syntactic development indices in grade 5-12 English textbooks in Turkey. Through a usage-based construction grammar approach, it argues that the textbooks show an inconsistent development in verb-argument constructions (VAC) and other usage-based indices. The study employs an automatic software tool that detects variations in these indices and runs a statistical analysis on a corpus compiled by the author. Statistically significant results demonstrate that textbooks lack lexicogrammatical variation. As such, learners who use these textbooks are likely to experience a limited array of VACs that are limited in lemma-construction combinations. Findings also indicate that learners may not be exposed to the conventional usage patterns and frequencies of VACs when compared against a reference corpus. These findings may have an influence on the learners’ generalization process, their low-proficiency level in English, and poor idiomatic uses of the language. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c06fbdfd9d104c1b82e830a8e77b7f162025-01-31T08:34:31ZengSciendoExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)2303-48582021-10-0191265510.2478/exell-2022-0002An analysis of lexicogrammatical development in English textbooks in Turkey: A usage-based construction grammar approachGedik Tan Arda0Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, GermanyThis article measures the syntactic development indices in grade 5-12 English textbooks in Turkey. Through a usage-based construction grammar approach, it argues that the textbooks show an inconsistent development in verb-argument constructions (VAC) and other usage-based indices. The study employs an automatic software tool that detects variations in these indices and runs a statistical analysis on a corpus compiled by the author. Statistically significant results demonstrate that textbooks lack lexicogrammatical variation. As such, learners who use these textbooks are likely to experience a limited array of VACs that are limited in lemma-construction combinations. Findings also indicate that learners may not be exposed to the conventional usage patterns and frequencies of VACs when compared against a reference corpus. These findings may have an influence on the learners’ generalization process, their low-proficiency level in English, and poor idiomatic uses of the language.https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2022-0002applied construction grammarenglish textbooksverb argument constructionslexicogrammatical developmentusage-based linguistics |
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| title | An analysis of lexicogrammatical development in English textbooks in Turkey: A usage-based construction grammar approach |
| title_full | An analysis of lexicogrammatical development in English textbooks in Turkey: A usage-based construction grammar approach |
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| title_short | An analysis of lexicogrammatical development in English textbooks in Turkey: A usage-based construction grammar approach |
| title_sort | analysis of lexicogrammatical development in english textbooks in turkey a usage based construction grammar approach |
| topic | applied construction grammar english textbooks verb argument constructions lexicogrammatical development usage-based linguistics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2022-0002 |
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