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Not the word I wanted? How online English learners' dictionaries deal with misspelled words
Published on 2011-12-024095 Views
Presentation
Spelling and dictionary use00:00
When is spelling a problem?20:19:12
Dictionaries and misspelled words36:43:40
Research questions58:00:57
Dictionaries tested68:18:26
Misspellings83:08:08
Procedure94:29:49
Results for tempori99:25:23
How the dictionaries performed105:48:27
Where the dictionaries failed (1)133:12:43
Where the dictionaries failed (2)138:59:18
ALD does not give much regard to the first letter (1)145:36:58
ALD does not give much regard to the first letter (2)149:03:45
ALD, CALD, and MEDO tend to give preference to plural suggestions for no particular reason (1)154:37:39
ALD, CALD, and MEDO tend to give preference to plural suggestions for no particular reason (2)159:34:43
ALD, CALD, and MEDO tend to give preference to plural suggestions for no particular reason (3)164:40:34
Why would all of ALD, CALD, and MEDO be affected by this overeagerness to tag on –s?174:04:12
At times, suggestions are bewildering (1)182:41:12
At times, suggestions are bewildering (2)183:00:13
At times, suggestions are bewildering (3)185:31:40
At times, suggestions are bewildering (4)196:00:52
MWALED’s algorithm seems to focus excessively on transpositions or even scrambling (1)201:53:17
MWALED’s algorithm seems to focus excessively on transpositions or even scrambling (2)204:44:17
Rare and marginal words209:06:23
Oddball suggestions (1)219:13:45
Oddball suggestions (2)221:09:53
Oddball suggestions (3)224:01:42
Oddball suggestions (4)226:22:49
The –ing ending (example: *useing) -1 230:33:31
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 2236:46:53
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 3237:34:41
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 4241:16:14
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 5247:23:47
The –ing ending (example: *useing) - 6254:39:34
One word or two words?262:35:52
One word or two words? - 1272:14:05
One word or two words? - 2275:33:47
One word or two words? - 3279:52:45
One word or two words? - 4281:30:31
Can one do better than this?285:52:37
The dictionaries versus Mitton's spellchecker298:34:53
Ways to improve spelling correction in e-dictionaries313:29:08
Dealing with real-word errors354:14:26
First things first377:04:56
Thank you for listening!390:05:32