scholarly journals Academic lexical coverage in TED talks and academic lectures

2022 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Peter Wingrove
Keyword(s):  
Academic Lectures ◽  
Ted Talks

Functional variation of lexical bundles in academic lectures and TED talks

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-208
Author(s):  
Chen-Yu Liu ◽  
Hao-Jan Howard Chen
Keyword(s):  
Functional Variation ◽  
Lexical Bundles ◽  
Academic Lectures ◽  
Discourse Functions ◽  
Ted Talks

Abstract This study explores the differences between academic lectures and TED talks by comparing their respective frequent four-word lexical bundles, and the discourse functions of those bundles in these two registers. The results indicate that academic lectures use more varied lexical bundles at a higher frequency than TED talks do. The functional distributions of the bundles further reveal that referential bundles are prevalent in both registers. However, TED speakers use more lexical bundles to organize their discourse and to guide the audience through their talks, while academic lecturers use more stance bundles to show their intentions and to inform the audience about upcoming events. The distinctive characteristics of academic lectures and TED talks are revealed via the divergent sets of lexical bundles in the two registers; the two registers are also shown to differ greatly in terms of the use of lexical bundles for different functions.

Bot gestures like a TED talks veteran

2018 ◽  
Vol 240 (3204) ◽  
pp. 18
Keyword(s):  
Ted Talks

scholarly journals The narrative arc: Revealing core narrative structures through text analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (32) ◽  
pp. eaba2196
Author(s):  
Ryan L. Boyd ◽  
Kate G. Blackburn ◽  
James W. Pennebaker
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Story Structure ◽  
Science Reporting ◽  
Common Structure ◽  
Narrative Structures ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Language Analysis ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Ted Talks

Scholars across disciplines have long debated the existence of a common structure that underlies narratives. Using computer-based language analysis methods, several structural and psychological categories of language were measured across ~40,000 traditional narratives (e.g., novels and movie scripts) and ~20,000 nontraditional narratives (science reporting in newspaper articles, TED talks, and Supreme Court opinions). Across traditional narratives, a consistent underlying story structure emerged that revealed three primary processes: staging, plot progression, and cognitive tension. No evidence emerged to indicate that adherence to normative story structures was related to the popularity of the story. Last, analysis of fact-driven texts revealed structures that differed from story-based narratives.

Corpus-Based Vocabulary Analysis of English Podcasts

RELC Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003368822097931
Author(s):  
Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov ◽  
Shoaziz Sharakhimov
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Word Families ◽  
Proper Nouns ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Ted Talks

In addition to movies, television programs, and TED Talks presentations, podcasts are an increasingly popular form of media that promotes authentic public discourse for diverse audiences, including university professors and students. However, English language teachers in the English as a second language/English as a foreign language contexts might wonder: “How do I know that my students can handle the vocabulary demands of podcasts?” To answer that question, we have analyzed a 1,137,163-word corpus comprising transcripts from 170 podcast episodes derived from the following popular podcasts: Freakonomics; Fresh Air; Invisibilia; Hidden Brain; How I Built This; Radiolab; TED Radio Hour; This American Life; and Today Explained. The results showed that knowledge about the most frequent 3000 word families plus proper nouns (PN), marginal words (MW), transparent compounds (TC), and acronyms (AC) provided 96.75% coverage, and knowledge about the most frequent 5000 word families, including PN, MW, TC, and AC provided 98.26% coverage. The analysis also showed that there is some variation in coverage among podcast types. The pedagogical implications for teaching and learning vocabulary via podcasts are discussed.

Metallic organic, no pressure, TED talks

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-103
Author(s):  
David Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Ted Talks
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