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How to express ‘express’? – Pedagogical reflections from web resources Yiching Wu National Tsing Hua University Simon Smith Ming Chuan University Chu-Ren Huang Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica Express on the Internet Web resources, dictionaries, thesauri and corpora, are regarded as useful tools in linguistics and applied widely in pedagogy nowadays. (Biber 1993, Wichmann et al. 1997, Biber et al. 1998, Partington 1998, Hunston 1999, Sinclair 2002, Aston et al. (2004)) Viewpoint: non-native language speaker Goal: to gain a better understanding of current function and future directions Resources on the Internet Dictionaries: Cambridge Dictionaries Online Merriam-Webster Online Thesauri: WordNet, FrameNet, HowNet, Proposition Bank Corpora: BNC, Sinica Corpus, Sinorama Online dictionary: CALD The Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary (CALD) Three express entries are found, based on the similarity of meaning: express (SHOW) express (FAST) express (CLEAR) Online dictionary: CALDexpress (SHOW) Examples: Her eyes expressed (vt) deep sadness. I would like to express (vt) my thanks for your kindness. Im afraid Im not expressing (vt) myself very clearly. Words cant express (vt) how happy I am. These figures are expressed (vt) as a percentage of the total. Related words: expression (n), expressionless (a), expressive (a) expressively (adv), expressiveness (n) Online dictionary: CALDexpress (FAST) Examples: Your order will be expressed (v) to you within 24 hours. the Orient Express (n) express (a) train Send this parcel express (adv). Online dictionary: CALDexpress (CLEAR ) Examples: It is my express (a) wish that after my death, my books be given to my old college library. Related words: expressly (adv) Online dictionaries: MWOD, WordNet The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (MWOD) WordNet Four entries are found based on grammatical function: express (a), express (adv), expres