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The Base lexicale du français The Base lexicale du français (BLF):(BLF):a multifunctional online a multifunctional online database for learners of database for learners of FrenchFrench
Serge VerlindeSerge Verlinde
Thierry SelvaThierry Selva
Jean BinonJean BinonK.U.Leuven, Modern language instituteK.U.Leuven, Modern language institute
Groupe de recherche en lexicographie pédagogique (GRELEP)Groupe de recherche en lexicographie pédagogique (GRELEP)
Pedagogical lexicography: English and Pedagogical lexicography: English and FrenchFrench
For EnglishFor English, since ‘95:, since ‘95:LDOCE, LEA, LLA (Longman)LDOCE, LEA, LLA (Longman)OALD, OCD (Oxford)OALD, OCD (Oxford)Cobuild (Collins Cobuild)Cobuild (Collins Cobuild)CIDE (Cambridge)CIDE (Cambridge)MED (Macmillan)MED (Macmillan)……
For FrenchFor FrenchDico du fr. fondamental (Gougenheim, ‘58)Dico du fr. fondamental (Gougenheim, ‘58)Dico du vocabulaire essentiel (Matoré, ‘70)Dico du vocabulaire essentiel (Matoré, ‘70)Dico Larousse du fr. langue étrangère (Dubois, ‘77-‘79)Dico Larousse du fr. langue étrangère (Dubois, ‘77-‘79)
Dico du français (Rey-Debove, ‘99)Dico du français (Rey-Debove, ‘99)(Dico du fr. usuel (Picoche et Rolland, 2002))(Dico du fr. usuel (Picoche et Rolland, 2002))
The BLF:The BLF:an online learning environment for Frenchan online learning environment for French
general French
Business French
lexical db
corpus
exercises
dictionary
MySQLdatabase
PHP-scripts
‘user-sensitivelexicography’:6 differentinterfaces
1exercisegenerator
learner
Why 6 different interfaces?Why 6 different interfaces?
1. I want info on a French word
2. I only know a Dutch/English word,but not the French equivalent
3. I prefer to discover the infostep by step
4. How do you express intensification?Which verbs take the preposition à before the infinitive?
5. I don’t like searching in dictionaries
6. How do you say ‘very bad’ conditions?I don’t find it in the dictionary…
The BLF: monolingual dictionary The BLF: monolingual dictionary (1) (1) – – word combinationsword combinations
LDOCE 2003/2005 BLF
The BLF: monolingual dictionary The BLF: monolingual dictionary (2)(2) – – thesaurus > semantic networksthesaurus > semantic networks
Cobuild 2003
BLF (player 1: joueur)
The BLF: bilingual dictionary – The BLF: bilingual dictionary – translationstranslations
Robert&Collins 2004 (build – invest) BLF
The BLF: database dictionaryThe BLF: database dictionary
BLFTLFi
The BLF: dictionary ‘+’ reading assistantThe BLF: dictionary ‘+’ reading assistant
consultation of a dictionary = a steeple chaseconsultation of a dictionary = a steeple chase– sache > savoirsache > savoir– pose … question pose … question
> poser? question? poser une > poser? question? poser une question?question?
– en tout casen tout cas> en? tout? cas? en tout cas?> en? tout? cas? en tout cas?
BLF
The BLF: dictionary ‘+’ writing assistantThe BLF: dictionary ‘+’ writing assistant
Cf. Cf. Adam Kilgarriff: WordSketchesAdam Kilgarriff: WordSketchesPeter Blumenthal: profils combinatoiresPeter Blumenthal: profils combinatoires
profiles for 13000 wordsprofiles for 13000 words
comparison of profiles for comparison of profiles for xx pairs of words pairs of words
BLF
BLF
The BLF: exercise generatorThe BLF: exercise generator
Online learning environment (Alfalex)Online learning environment (Alfalex)
- exercises- exercisesautomatically generatedautomatically generated
Dafles + corpus = AlfalexDafles + corpus = Alfalexcontextualcontextualon various features (word combin., on various features (word combin.,
semantics!)semantics!)- help function- help function- database with answers- database with answers- balanced correction- balanced correction- feed-back- feed-back
- automated tutor- automated tutorBLF
The BLF: the futureThe BLF: the future
complete the lexicographic descriptioncomplete the lexicographic descriptionmainly: syntactic patterns, examples, mainly: syntactic patterns, examples,
translationtranslation
improve the reading and writing assistantimprove the reading and writing assistant
generate a mixed frequency list:generate a mixed frequency list:single words and multiword unitssingle words and multiword units
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