Introducing TURLEC: A learner corpus for Turkish L2
International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, cilt.31, sa.2, ss.139-153, 2026 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1075/ijcl.24022.sav
- Dergi Adı: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, DIALNET, MLA International Bibliography, EBSCO Communication Source, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Communication Source (EBSCO)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.139-153
- Anahtar Kelimeler: CEFR levels, L2 Turkish, learner corpus research, vocabulary profile
- Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Abstract – This paper provides a detailed account of the Turkish Learner Corpus (TURLEC). Building on the first author’s doctoral dissertation project, which aimed to identify proficiency descriptors for four skills (listening, reading, writing, and speaking) for learners of Turkish as a second language (L2) at various CEFR levels, the main motivation to build a learner corpus is to outline the language learners actually use at different proficiency levels. With the written and spoken texts of learners of Turkish L2 at university level coming from various countries with numerous L1 backgrounds, TURLEC comprises 735 texts and approximately 97, 000 tokens. After rigorous anonymisation, annotation, and error-tagging efforts, TURLEC contains ~21, 000 word forms with 3, 561 lemmas, which will be profiled based on the CEFR levels. TURLEC is the first learner corpus built to offer a vocabulary profile for L2 Turkish, which is an ever-growing field of study with an increasing number of students.