Organisation
Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL), Leuven
Research Group
Research Quantitative Lexicology and Variation (QLVL), QLVL is a research group at the University of Leuven that focuses on empirical, corpus-linguistic studies of language variation, with a specific emphasis on lexical variation.
Current researchers
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- Dirk Speelman (Responsible)
- Christian Mynster Andersen (Member)
- Alena Anishchanka (Member)
- Costanza Asnaghi (Member)
- Silvia Ballarè (Member)
- Alice Bardiaux (Member)
- Stephen Bond (Member)
- Carla Bouzada Jabois (Member)
- Manuela Caniato (Member)
- Tao Chen (Member)
Projects
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- Meaning change in token space: a token-based computational approach to diachronic prototype semanticsFrom1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Diachronic semantic tendencies in lexical, morphological and syntactic variationFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Language access and content enrichment of Brepols' full-text databases: an AI and NLP-based transformation into a dynamic research, reading and learning environmentFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: Baekeland
- How much does meaning matter? A fresh look at grammatical alternationsFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO research project
- Tracing semantic change in Greek derivational morphology: a computational, distributional-semantic approachFrom23 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- The Mandarin Chinese Ba-construction: Diachronic, Synchronic and Constructional PerspectivesFrom6 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- What makes the clock tick? Concept characteristics and the speed of lexical changeFrom1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Variation in Chinese analytic causative constructions: A multidimensional studyFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Re-Examining Dialect Syntax (REEDS)From1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO scientific research network
- Lectal contamination. How language-external differences create language-internal biasesFrom19 Dec 2019 → 14 Jun 2020Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
Publications
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- Academic language proficiency as a predictor of academic achievement. A validity argument of a low-stakes post-entry academic reading and vocabulary screening test for first-year university students.(2021)
Authors: Jordi Heeren, Lieve De Wachter, Dirk Speelman
- Variation isn’t that hard: Morphosyntactic choice does not predict production difficulty(2021)
Authors: Matthew Gardner, Eva Uffing, Nicholas Van Vaeck, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
Pages: 1 - 39 - Linking Linguistic and Geographic Distance in Four Semantic Domains: Computational Geo-Analyses of Internal and External Factors in a Dialect Continuum(2021)
Authors: John LA Huisman, Karlien Franco, Roeland van Hout
Pages: 1 - 19 - Comprehensive corrective feedback in foreign language writing: The response of individual error categories(2021)
Authors: Marisela Bonilla Lopez, Elke Van Steendam, Kris Buyse, Dirk Speelman
Pages: 31 - 70 - Be like and the Constant Rate Effect: From the bottom to the top of the S-curve(2021)
Authors: Matthew Gardner, Derek Denis, Marisa Brook, Sali A Tagliamonte
Pages: 1 - 44 - De sterke werkwoorden in het Nederlands. Een diachroon, kwantitatief onderzoek.(2021)
Authors: Isabeau De Smet, Freek Van de Velde
- Lexicon or grammar? Using memory-based learning to investigate the syntactic relationship between Belgian and Netherlandic Dutch(2021)
Authors: Robbert De Troij, Stefan Grondelaers, Dirk Speelman, Antal van den Bosch
Pages: 1 - 19 - Interesting fellow or tough old bird? 3rd person male referents in Ontario(2021)
Authors: Karlien Franco, Sali A Tagliamonte
Pages: 192 - 216 - Post-entry language assessment in higher education: ensuring fairness by including the voice of the test-taker(2021)
Authors: Jordi Heeren, Dirk Speelman, Lieve De Wachter
Pages: 45 - 48 - Halen we de norm? De scores van moedertaalsprekers op een talige toegangstest voor anderstaligen aan de universiteit(2021)
Authors: Jordi Heeren, Bart Deygers, Dirk Speelman, Lieve De Wachter
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