Evaluating Automatic Detection of Misspellings in German

dc.creator	Anne Rimrott
dc.creator	Trude Heift
dc.date	2008-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:30:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:30:37Z
dc.identifier	1094-3501
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ada93b92ed5e4e3690bdf018d092a146
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22315
dc.description	his study investigates the performance of a spell checker designed for native writers on misspellings made by second language (L2) learners. It addresses two research questions: 1) What is the correction rate of a generic spell checker for L2 misspellings? 2) What factors influence the correction rate of a generic spell checker for L2 misspellings? To explore these questions, the study considers a corpus of 1,027 unique misspellings from 48 Anglophone learners of German and classifies these along three error taxonomies: linguistic competence (competence versus performance misspellings), linguistic subsystem (lexical, morphological or phonological misspellings), and target modification (single-edit misspellings (edit distance = one) versus multiple-edit misspellings (edit distance > 1)). The study then evaluates the performance of the Microsoft Word® spell checker on these misspellings. Results indicate that only 62% of the L2 misspellings are corrected and that the spell checker, independent of other factors, generally cannot correct multiple-edit misspellings although it is quite successful in correcting single-edit errors. In contrast to most misspellings by native writers, many L2 misspellings are multiple-edit errors and are thus not corrected by a spell checker designed for native writers. The study concludes with computational and pedagogical suggestions to enhance spell checking in CALL.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii
dc.relation	http://llt.msu.edu/vol12num3/rimrottheift.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1094-3501
dc.source	Language Learning and Technology, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 73-92 (2008)
dc.subject	Interface Design
dc.subject	Vocabulary
dc.subject	Writing
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.title	Evaluating Automatic Detection of Misspellings in German
dc.type	article