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Textbook English: A multi-dimensional approach
Elen Le Foll
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 116] 2024
► pp. 96–139

Chapter 5
Methodology

Adapting the multi-dimensional analysis (MDA) framework

Article outline
  • 5.1The MDA framework
  • 5.2MDA and textbook language
    • 5.2.1Exploring textbook English using additive MDA
    • 5.2.2Exploring textbook English by conducting a full MDA
  • 5.3A modified MDA framework: MDA as applied in the present study
    • 5.3.1Selection of text samples
    • 5.3.2Selection of linguistic features
    • 5.3.3Evaluation of the reliability of the feature counts
    • 5.3.4Normalisation of feature counts
    • 5.3.5Factor analysis method
    • 5.3.6Dealing with skewed distributions of features
    • 5.3.7Computation of dimension scores
    • 5.3.8Comparison of dimension scores
    • 5.3.9Visualisation of the results
    • 5.3.10Reproducibility and replicability of the results
  • Notes