Análise de Resumos de Periódicos Escritos por Cientistas Japoneses, Americanos e Britânicos com Coh-metrix e Gramulator

Autores

  • Philip M. McCarthy University of Memphis, Department of English, Memphis, USA
  • Charles Hall University of Memphis, Department of English, Memphis, USA
  • Nick D. Duran University of Memphis, Department of Psychology, Memphis, USA
  • Maki Doiuchi University of Memphis, School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Memphis, USA
  • Yuko Fujiwara University of Tennessee, Department of Physiology, Knoxville, USA
  • Benjamin Duncan University of Rochester, College Writing Program, Rochester, USA
  • Danielle S. McNamara University of Memphis, Department of Psychology, Memphis, USA

Palavras-chave:

Coh-Metrix, Gramulator, corpus, análise discriminante

Resumo

Este estudo interdisciplinar engloba duas análises complementares de um corpus de resumos de periódicos escritos em inglês por cientistas americanos, britânicos e japoneses. A primeira análise emprega a ferramenta computacional denominada Coh-Metrix para avaliar o texto em nível discursivo. A segunda análise emprega a ferramenta computacional denominada Gramulator para comparar a frequência de n-gramas nas três fontes de resumos. Tanto a análise com o Coh-Metrix como a análise com o Gramulator sugerem diferenças significativas entre as três variedades de inglês. As maiores diferenças vieram à tona ao comparar os resumos escritos por falantes de inglês e japonês; entretanto, algumas diferenças também foram observadas ao comparar o inglês britânico ao inglês americano. Os resultados contribuem para a conclusão de que os falantes nativos de inglês (críticos, editores ou leitores), tanto de sua variedade britânica como americana, podem considerar que os textos em inglês escritos por japoneses são deficientes em pontos-chave do estilo prototípico do registro em inglês. Nossos achados proporcionam informações para instrutores, criadores de cursos e cientistas em relação ao modo e aos pontos em que o texto poderia ser modificado para facilitar a produção de representações mais próximas das características apresentadas pelos falantes nativos de inglês.

Biografia do Autor

Philip M. McCarthy, University of Memphis, Department of English, Memphis, USA

Philip McCarthy is assistant professor at The University of Memphis. He is a computational linguist, primarily interested in devising, writing, and testing algorithms for text disambiguation. He has numerous publications in several fields including linguistics, artifi cial intelligence, and cognitive psychology.

Charles Hall, University of Memphis, Department of English, Memphis, USA

Charles Hall is associate professor of applied linguistics at the University of Memphis. His major areas are English teaching methodology, ESP for Law, and curriculum development for o nline courses. He has led sponsored workshops in almost 30 countries. He was chair of the TESOL ESP Interest Section in 2005.

Nick D. Duran, University of Memphis, Department of Psychology, Memphis, USA

Nicholas Duran is a researcher at the University of Memphis in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Intelligent Systems. His research interests include action dynamics, language use and representation, corpora analysis, and deceptive behavior. He holds a MS in Experimental Psychology (Cognitive Emphasis) and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology.

Maki Doiuchi, University of Memphis, School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Memphis, USA

Maki Doiuchi, M.A., is a doctoral candidate in the School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at The University of Memphis. She is primarily interested in speech acoustics and vocal development in infancy. Her native language is Japanese but she is fluent in English.

Yuko Fujiwara, University of Tennessee, Department of Physiology, Knoxville, USA

Yuko Fujiwara is an Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Health Science Center in Memphis. She received Ph.D. in cell biology and her research focuses on the function of bioactive lipids. Her native language is Japanese but she writes and speaks English fluently.

Benjamin Duncan, University of Rochester, College Writing Program, Rochester, USA

Benjamin Duncan, Ph.D. teaches at the College Writing Program at the University of Rochester. His research interests include technical and science writing and English second language issues.

Danielle S. McNamara, University of Memphis, Department of Psychology, Memphis, USA

Danielle McNamara is a Professor at the University of Memphis and Director of the Institute for Intelligent Systems. Her work involves the theoretical study of cognitive processes as well as the application of cognitive principles to educational practice. Her current research ranges a variety of topics including text comprehension, writing strategies, building tutoring technologies, and developing natural language algorithms.

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McCarthy, P. M., Hall, C., Duran, N. D., Doiuchi, M., Fujiwara, Y., Duncan, B., & McNamara, D. S. (2011). Análise de Resumos de Periódicos Escritos por Cientistas Japoneses, Americanos e Britânicos com Coh-metrix e Gramulator. The Especialist, 30(2). Recuperado de https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/esp/article/view/6232

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v. 30 n. 2 (2009)

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