Building a new corpus – overview of the latest IVACS resource

Anne O’Keeffe

What is IVACS?

A research centre

An inter-institutional network

What is IVACS?

A research centre

What is IVACS?

A research centre

An inter-institutional network

Who is IVACS?

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

University of Nottingham

University of Extremadura

Shannon College of Hotel

ManagementQueen’s University Belfast

Newcastle University

Leeds Metropolitan University

University College Plymouth St Mark & St John

Tokyo University

University of Cambridge

University of Hull

University of Limerick

University of Edinburgh

Mary Immaculate College

What’s it all about?

1980s

All-in-one

External hard drive (500k)

Mainframe computer storage

IVACS corpus resources

The Limerick Corpus of Irish English (1m)

The Limerick Belfast Corpus of Academic Spoken English (.5m)

The Cambridge Limerick and Shannon Corpus (1m)

The Newcastle Corpus of Academic Spoken English (1.5m)

The Newcastle Corpus of Academic Spoken English (NUCASE)

Mary Immaculate College

Newcastle University

Cambridge University Press

The Newcastle Corpus of Academic Spoken English (NUCASE)

2010-2011 Data collection

Databasing metadata

2011-2013 Transcription & coding

2010-2013 First Doctoral study

Lecturer – Students

Student<-> Student+Lecturer

Student<-> Student-Lecturer

Seminar 19:00:00 13:20:00 0:00:00 32:20:00

Practical 0:00:00 39:00:00 7:57:00 46:57:00

Student Project 2:05:00 0:54:00 28:35:00 31:34:00

Student Presentations 25:06:00 2:11:00 0:00:00 27:17:00

Focus Group 2:55:00 1:55:00 0:00:00 4:50:00

Presentation/Supervision 2:32:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 2:32:00

Language Class 20:04:00 1:02:00 0:00:00 25:06:00

75:42:00 58:22:00 36:32:00 170:36:00

CONTEXT Vs INTERACTION TYPE

37%

39%

24%Lecturer <-> StudentsStudent <-> Student +LecturerStudent <-> Student -Lecturer

FACULTY Vs CONTEXT

Seminar PracticalStudent Project

Student Pres

Focus Group

Presentation/Supervision

Language Class

Business 27:20:00 7:55:00 11:11:00 22:36:00 0:00:00 2:32:00 0:00:00 71:34:00Marine Engineering 0:00:00 0:00:00 20:23:00 4:11:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 24:34:00Computer Science 0:00:00 7:30:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 7:30:00Ed Comm & Lang Sc 5:00:00 6:56:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 4:50:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 16:46:00

INTO 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 25:06:00 5:06:00

Bioinformatics 0:00:00 24:36:00 0:00:00 0:30:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 25:06:00

32:20:00 46:57:00 31:34:00 27:17:00 4:50:00 2:32:00 5:06:00 170:36:00

Lecturer<-> Students

Student<-> Student+Lecturer

Student<-> Student-Lecturer

Business 37:27:00 22:56:00 11:11:00 71:34:00Marine Engineering 6:16:00 0:54:00 17:24:00 24:34:00Computer Science 0:00:00 7:30:00 0:00:00 7:30:00

ECLS 7:55:00 1:55:00 6:56:00 16:46:00

INTO 24:04:00 1:02:00 0:00:00 25:06:00

Bioinformatics 0:00:00 24:05:00 1:01:00 25:06:00

55:42:00 58:22:00 36:32:00 170:36:00

FACULTY Vs INTERACTION TYPE

Fahey Palma (2013)

Sub-corpus (student – student interactions)

Fahey Palma (2013)

Sub-corpus (student – student interactions)

Fahey Palma (2013)

Fahey Palma (2013)

Instances of humour

Fahey Palma (2013)

Instances of humour versus instances of laughter

Fahey Palma (2013)

Instances of individual versus collaborative laughter

Fahey Palma (2013)

Transactional versus relational interactions

Transactional Topics

Fahey Palma (2013)

Topic Area Topic

Social Event Tea Party (Royal Wedding)

Drinking Games

Travel Qatar

Jobs Job offer

Conference Trip and food

Relational Topics - Engineering

Fahey Palma (2013)

Relational Topics - Marketing

Topic Area Topic

Partying Alcohol; Hangover; Fresher’s Week

Beauty Fake Tan ; Sunbed; Nails ; Skin; Physical Appearance

Social Networking/

Apps/Games

Facebook; Twitter; Angry Birds; Fruit Ninja

Drugs Ritalin for study; Sleeping Pills; Valium

Television/Movie Geordie Shore ; Disney Characters; Coronation Street

Dating Girlfriends/Boyfriends; Valentine’s Day; Date stories

Family/ Friends/ Pets Vicky’s Dog; Trips Home

Jobs Bar Work; Retail ; Future Employment

Fashion Designer Labels ; Ugg Boots; Karen Millen

Holidays Skiing; Short breaks

Fahey Palma (2013)