“语言数据科学与应用”系列学术讲座
为推动语言数据科学与应用学科的科学研究,进一步活跃研究院的科研氛围,上外语料库研究院自2022年10月起推出“语言数据科学与应用”系列学术讲座,每周举行一次(研究院有重大活动除外),第八期讲座将在2022年12月14日周三下午开始,敬请关注。
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主题:Has language become less syntactically complex? An exploration of U.S. congressional speeches across 70 years
时间:2022年12月14日 周三,下午3点
会议ID:383-2809-7780(周期性会议,每期会议号不变)
第八期 雷蕾
Has language become less syntactically complex? An exploration of U.S. congressional speeches across 70 years
2022年12月14日,下午3点
主讲人:
雷蕾,上海外国语大学语料库研究院教授
主讲人简介:
雷蕾,博士,上海外国语大学教授、博士生导师。研究兴趣涉及语料库语言学、学术英语、计量语言学等领域。在剑桥大学出版社等出版社出版专著5部,在Applied Linguistics、Language Teaching、Journal of English for Academic Purposes、International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 等SSCI期刊发表研究性论文40余篇、书评10余篇,其中两篇论文入选ESI高被引论文;在CSSCI期刊发表论文或书评10余篇。主持完成国家社科基金等项目多项。兼任Journal of English for Academic Purposes (SSCI) 等国内外期刊编委。
讲座题目:
Has language become less syntactically complex? An exploration of U.S. congressional speeches across 70 years
讲座摘要:
Has language become less syntactically complex? An exploration of U.S. congressional speeches across 70 years
Previous studies have found that language has become less complex at the syntactic level. In the present study, we propose a new index measuring the syntactic complexity and use it to explore the change of syntactic features in the United States congressional speeches across the past 70 years. Findings of interest are reported, and the significance of our research will also be discussed.