Lexicogrammar and textometrics: Identification and visualisation of typical lexico-grammatical patterns in two comparable corpora of legal French

Gledhill, Christopher; Patin, Stéphane; Zimina, Maria

doi:10.4000/corpus.2868

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“…To compare both sub-corpora, we use the tools and methodology of textometrics. In a previous study, we established a research protocol associating qualitative and quantitative methods for what we call the "lexico-grammar approach" to analysing specialised discourse (Gledhill, Patin, et Zimina 2017). This framework compares regular patterns across two or more comparable sub-corpora.…”

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Towards a Linguistic Definition of ‘Simplified Medical English’: Applying Textometric Analysis to Cochrane Medical Abstracts and Their Plain Language Versions

Gledhill¹,

Martikainen²,

Mestivier³

et al. 2019

LCM - La Collana / the Series

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I diritti di riproduzione, memorizzazione e archiviazione elettronica, pubblicazione con qualsiasi mezzo analogico o digitale (comprese le copie fotostatiche, i supporti digitali e l'inserimento in banche dati) e i diritti di traduzione e di adattamento totale o parziale sono riservati per tutti i paesi.Le fotocopie per uso personale del lettore possono essere effettuate nei limiti del 15% di ciascun volume/fascicolo di periodico dietro pagamento alla SIAE del compenso previsto dall'art. 68, commi 4 e 5, della legge 22 aprile 1941 n. 633. Le riproduzioni effettuate per finalità di carattere professionale, economico o commerciale o comunque per uso diverso da quello personale possono essere effettuate a seguito di specifica autorizzazione rilasciata da:

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Towards a Linguistic Definition of ‘Simplified Medical English’: Applying Textometric Analysis to Cochrane Medical Abstracts and Their Plain Language Versions

Gledhill¹,

Martikainen²,

Mestivier³

et al. 2019

LCM - La Collana / the Series

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“…4 The computation of repeated segments (Salem, 1986) is a useful tool in corpus analysis. The computed inventory of repeated segments is of undeniable interest for discourse analysis (Sousa, 2014;Gledhill et al, 2017). This tool facilitates the examination of various discourse phenomena, encompassing the circulation of formulaic expressions, discourse routines, lexico-grammatical patterns, and more.…”

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Investigating Techniques for a Deeper Understanding of Neural Machine Translation (NMT) Systems through Data Filtering and Fine-tuning Strategies

Zhu,

Zimina,

Bénard

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Machine Translation

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In the context of this biomedical shared task, we have implemented data filters to enhance the selection of relevant training data for finetuning from the available training data sources. Specifically, we have employed textometric analysis to detect repetitive segments within the test set, which we have then used for refining the training data used to fine-tune the mBart-50 baseline model. Through this approach, we aim to achieve several objectives: developing a practical fine-tuning strategy for training biomedical in-domain fr<>en models, defining criteria for filtering in-domain training data, and comparing model predictions, finetuning data in accordance with the test set to gain a deeper insight into the functioning of Neural Machine Translation (NMT) systems.

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“…In order to grasp the implications of this, it is important to provide a more formal account of LxGr patterns. We define LxGr patterns (Gledhill et al 2017) as recurrent sequences of lexical items ('collocations') that correspond to regular grammatical structures 1 and that have a recognisable frame of reference or discourse function. Thus, each LxGr pattern corresponds to a 'minimal meaningful unit of text'.…”

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“…The simplest forms of LxGr patterns are routine formulae or 'speech acts' (such as greetings, warnings, official pronouncements, etc.) (Gledhill et al 2017).…”

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The Phraseology of Legal French and Legal Popularisation in France and Canada: A Corpus-Assisted Analysis

Bouyé,

Gledhill

2024

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The popularisation of legal knowledge is a critical issue for equal access to law and justice. Legal discourse has been justly criticised for its obscure terminology and convoluted phrasing, which notably led to the Plain Language Movement in English-speaking countries. In Canada, the concept of Plain Language has been applied to French since the 1980s due to the official policy of bilingualism, while the concept has only been recently discussed in France. In this paper, we examine the impact of Plain Language rewriting on legal phraseology in French popularisation contexts. The first aim of our study is to see if plain texts published in France contain more traces of legal phraseology than French Canadian texts. Our second objective is to determine if a ‘phraseology of plain language’ can be identified across genres and languages. To do this, we compare two corpora of expert-to-expert legal texts written in French—made up, respectively, of legislative texts published in France and judicial texts published by the Supreme Court of Canada—with two corpora of texts that are claimed to have been written in Plain French Language for a non-expert readership—texts that guide laypersons through legal and administrative processes in France and summaries of decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada. Using n-grams, we extract and discuss the patterns that emerge from the corpora. In particular, our analyses rely on the concept of ‘lexico–grammatical patterns’, defined as the minimal unit of meaningful text made up of recurrent sequences of lexical and grammatical items. We then identify a sample of recurring lexico–grammatical patterns and their discursive functions.

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Lexicogrammar and textometrics: Identification and visualisation of typical lexico-grammatical patterns in two comparable corpora of legal French

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Towards a Linguistic Definition of ‘Simplified Medical English’: Applying Textometric Analysis to Cochrane Medical Abstracts and Their Plain Language Versions

Towards a Linguistic Definition of ‘Simplified Medical English’: Applying Textometric Analysis to Cochrane Medical Abstracts and Their Plain Language Versions

Investigating Techniques for a Deeper Understanding of Neural Machine Translation (NMT) Systems through Data Filtering and Fine-tuning Strategies

The Phraseology of Legal French and Legal Popularisation in France and Canada: A Corpus-Assisted Analysis

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