Resumen de "Bandwidth": a corpus-based detailed analysis
This paper describes the methodology applied in order to explore the lexical behaviour of a sample of words from a repertoire of specialized vocabulary in telecommunication engineering English, which has been automatically extracted from a specialized corpus. The aim of the analysis is twofold: first, to check whether the automatic classification has been effective; and second, to detail the lexical associations established. The parameters involved in the analysis combine statistical data in relation to frequency, distribution and keyness, with the examination of the immediate co-text. Although the development of the analysis is illustrated with bandwidth, it has been applied to a whole of 41 lexical units.
The empirical data reported in this paper are significant for register characterization and have further implications for teaching. In fact, the study is intended to bridge the gap between two major issues in English for Specific Purposes: ESP as a descriptive approach and as a language teaching approach.
