B (Q.2 of 7) The letter can be used once only

For the first time, dictionary publishers are incorporating real, spoken English into their data. It gives lexicographers (people

who write dictionaries) access to a more vibrant, up-to-date vernacular language which has never really been studied before. In one project, 150 volunteers each agreed to discreetly tie a Walkman recorder to their waist and leave it running for anything up to two weeks. Every conversation they had was recorded. When the data was collected, the length of tapes was 35 times the depth of the Atlantic Ocean. Teams of audio typists transcribed the tapes to produce a computerised database of ten million words.

List of Headings

i Grammar is corrected

ii New method of research

iii Technology learns from dictionaries

iv Non-verbal content

v The first study of spoken language

vi Traditional lexicographical methods (A)

vii Written English tells the truth

viii New phrases enter dictionary

ix A cooperative research project

x Accurate word frequency counts

xi Alternative expressions provided