Stephen James Coffey
Biographic Data
| ID | 6553434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen James Coffey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen James |
| FAMILY NAME | Coffey |
| SIGNATURE | COFFEY S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pisa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8997-6672 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Dictionary of Academic English
The focal point of this article is the ‘Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English’ (OLDAE) published in 2014. The main purpose of the article is to describe the dictionary in some detail, especially since it represents a new type of learner’s dictionary: OLDAE was designed for a specific user group, described by the dictionary’s chief editor as ‘non-native-English-speaking students who are studying academic subjects at tertiary level throug…
A New Pedagogical Dictionary of English Collocations
This article examines in depth the structure and contents of a recently published, corpus-based, English collocations dictionary (the Macmillan Collocations Dictionary for Learners of English), considering it from the points of view of language description, second-language pedagogy and lexicographical presentation. The dictionary is considered within the wider context of collocations dictionaries and special comparison is made with the similarly …
High-frequency Grammatical Lexis in Advanced-level English Learners' Dictionaries
In this article it is argued that many grammatical items recorded as lexical entries in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) dictionaries should be dealt with in radically different fashion from that which is current practice. Examination of the entries for more than 40 high-frequency closed-class items in the 5 major EFL dictionaries reveals that too much emphasis is placed on detailed linguistic description and too little on didactic usefulness.…
A New Pedagogical Dictionary of English Collocations
This article examines in depth the structure and contents of a recently published, corpus-based, English collocations dictionary (the Macmillan Collocations Dictionary for Learners of English), considering it from the points of view of language description, second-language pedagogy and lexicographical presentation. The dictionary is considered within the wider context of collocations dictionaries and special comparison is made with the similarly …
High-frequency Grammatical Lexis in Advanced-level English Learners' Dictionaries
In this article it is argued that many grammatical items recorded as lexical entries in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) dictionaries should be dealt with in radically different fashion from that which is current practice. Examination of the entries for more than 40 high-frequency closed-class items in the 5 major EFL dictionaries reveals that too much emphasis is placed on detailed linguistic description and too little on didactic usefulness.…
High-frequency Grammatical Lexis in Advanced-level English Learners' Dictionaries
In this article it is argued that many grammatical items recorded as lexical entries in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) dictionaries should be dealt with in radically different fashion from that which is current practice. Examination of the entries for more than 40 high-frequency closed-class items in the 5 major EFL dictionaries reveals that too much emphasis is placed on detailed linguistic description and too little on didactic usefulness.…
A New Pedagogical Dictionary of English Collocations
This article examines in depth the structure and contents of a recently published, corpus-based, English collocations dictionary (the Macmillan Collocations Dictionary for Learners of English), considering it from the points of view of language description, second-language pedagogy and lexicographical presentation. The dictionary is considered within the wider context of collocations dictionaries and special comparison is made with the similarly …
A Dictionary of Academic English
The focal point of this article is the ‘Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English’ (OLDAE) published in 2014. The main purpose of the article is to describe the dictionary in some detail, especially since it represents a new type of learner’s dictionary: OLDAE was designed for a specific user group, described by the dictionary’s chief editor as ‘non-native-English-speaking students who are studying academic subjects at tertiary level throug…
Computer Science (3 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Lexicography (2 works) · Natural language processing (2 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (2 works) · Classics (1 work) · English language (1 work)