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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have people working with other languages or who want more input on application to language teaching, I updated my page on Corpus Tools for Language Teachers recently. There is a guide structured around what you want the corpus tool
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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI, Bruna Sommer-Farias is teaching our FLT 845 Language Concepts course (with a big corpus component) and Fred Poole is teaching our FLT 841 Sociolinguistics & Spoken Language course this fall.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> FOS <fos-bounces@egr.msu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>
Wagner, Suzanne<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 13, 2021 1:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> sociolab@mail.egr.msu.edu <sociolab@egr.msu.edu>; fos@mail.egr.msu.edu <fos@egr.msu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Polio, Charlene <polio@msu.edu>; Deshors, Sandra <deshorss@msu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FOS: Access to the Corpus of Contemporary American English<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Note this new corpus acquisition by the MSU Libraries, in connection with the
<a href="https://corpus.cal.msu.edu/" title="https://corpus.cal.msu.edu/">MSU Second Language Studies Corpus Lab</a>, directed by Sandra Deshors and Charlene Polio. If you're not already familiar with COCA, this is a good time to explore its potential for both
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> lin-grad <<a href="mailto:lin-grad-bounces@egr.msu.edu">lin-grad-bounces@egr.msu.edu</a>> on behalf of Polio, Charlene <<a href="mailto:polio@msu.edu">polio@msu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 13, 2021 8:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tesol@lin.msu.edu">tesol@lin.msu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:tesol@lin.msu.edu">tesol@lin.msu.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:lin-grad@lin.msu.edu">lin-grad@lin.msu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:lin-grad@lin.msu.edu">lin-grad@lin.msu.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:sls@egr.msu.edu">sls@egr.msu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:sls@egr.msu.edu">sls@egr.msu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [lin-grad] access to the Corpus of Contemporary American English</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We were able to secure free access to the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and all its associated corpora through the quick work of the MSU library staff. You should be to go in
and create an account for free or use this link: <a href="https://www-english-corpora-org.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/">https://www-english-corpora-org.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/</a>. Let me know if you would like access and have any trouble creating an account.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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