Wolfer, Sascha ; Bartz, Thomas ; Weber, Tassja ; Abel, Andrea ; Meyer, Christian M. ; Müller-Spitzer, Carolin ; Storrer, Angelika (2018):
The effectiveness of lexicographic tools for optimising written L1-texts.
In: International Journal of Lexicography, 31 (1), pp. 1-28. Oxford University Press, ISSN 0950-3846,
DOI: 10.1093/ijl/ecw038,
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Abstract
We present an empirical study addressing the question if and to which extent lexicographic writing aids improve text revision results. German university students were asked to optimise two German texts using (1) no aids at all, (2) highlighted problems or (3) highlighted problems accompanied by lexicographic resources that could be used to solve the specific problems. We find that participants from the third group improve the most problems and introduced the fewest semantic distortions during revision. Also, they reached the highest overall score and are most efficient (as measured in points per time). The second group with highlighted problems lies between the two other groups in almost every measure we analyse. We discuss these findings in the scope of intelligent writing environments, the effectiveness of writing aids in practical usage situations and teaching dictionary skills.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2018 |
| Creators: | Wolfer, Sascha ; Bartz, Thomas ; Weber, Tassja ; Abel, Andrea ; Meyer, Christian M. ; Müller-Spitzer, Carolin ; Storrer, Angelika |
| Title: | The effectiveness of lexicographic tools for optimising written L1-texts |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | We present an empirical study addressing the question if and to which extent lexicographic writing aids improve text revision results. German university students were asked to optimise two German texts using (1) no aids at all, (2) highlighted problems or (3) highlighted problems accompanied by lexicographic resources that could be used to solve the specific problems. We find that participants from the third group improve the most problems and introduced the fewest semantic distortions during revision. Also, they reached the highest overall score and are most efficient (as measured in points per time). The second group with highlighted problems lies between the two other groups in almost every measure we analyse. We discuss these findings in the scope of intelligent writing environments, the effectiveness of writing aids in practical usage situations and teaching dictionary skills. |
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Lexicography |
| Volume of the journal: | 31 |
| Issue Number: | 1 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | UKP_a_WALL;UKP_reviewed |
| Divisions: | 20 Department of Computer Science 20 Department of Computer Science > Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing DFG-Graduiertenkollegs DFG-Graduiertenkollegs > Research Training Group 1994 Adaptive Preparation of Information from Heterogeneous Sources |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Dec 2016 14:29 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ijl/ecw038 |
| URL / URN: | https://academic.oup.com/ijl/issue/31/1 |
| Additional Information: | Published online 13 October 2016. |
| Identification Number: | TUD-CS-2016-1454 |
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