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Not the word I wanted? How online English learners' dictionaries deal with misspelled words

Published on Dec 02, 20114098 Views

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Spelling and dictionary use00:00
When is spelling a problem?01:13
Dictionaries and misspelled words02:12
Research questions03:28
Dictionaries tested04:05
Misspellings04:59
Procedure05:40
Results for tempori05:57
How the dictionaries performed06:20
Where the dictionaries failed (1)07:59
Where the dictionaries failed (2)08:20
ALD does not give much regard to the first letter (1)08:44
ALD does not give much regard to the first letter (2)08:56
ALD, CALD, and MEDO tend to give preference to plural suggestions for no particular reason (1)09:16
ALD, CALD, and MEDO tend to give preference to plural suggestions for no particular reason (2)09:34
ALD, CALD, and MEDO tend to give preference to plural suggestions for no particular reason (3)09:52
Why would all of ALD, CALD, and MEDO be affected by this overeagerness to tag on –s?10:26
At times, suggestions are bewildering (1)10:57
At times, suggestions are bewildering (2)10:58
At times, suggestions are bewildering (3)11:07
At times, suggestions are bewildering (4)11:45
MWALED’s algorithm seems to focus excessively on transpositions or even scrambling (1)12:06
MWALED’s algorithm seems to focus excessively on transpositions or even scrambling (2)12:17
Rare and marginal words12:32
Oddball suggestions (1)13:09
Oddball suggestions (2)13:16
Oddball suggestions (3)13:26
Oddball suggestions (4)13:34
The –ing ending (example: *useing) -1 13:50
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 214:12
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 314:15
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 414:28
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 514:50
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 615:16
One word or two words?15:45
One word or two words? - 116:20
One word or two words? - 216:32
One word or two words? - 316:47
One word or two words? - 416:53
Can one do better than this?17:09
The dictionaries versus Mitton's spellchecker17:54
Ways to improve spelling correction in e-dictionaries18:48
Dealing with real-word errors21:15
First things first22:37
Thank you for listening!23:24