Essays about: "Alexander Lakaw"

Found 3 essays containing the words Alexander Lakaw.

1. 1. (A)rise and (a)wake : An investigation of two verb pairs

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   Author : Alexander Lakaw; [2008]
   Keywords : corpus linguistics; degrammaticalization; grammaticalization; language change; morphology; prefixation; synonymy; semantic prosody;

   Abstract : In this corpus-based study, the two verb pairs arise and rise and awake and wake are investigated. The paper focuses on seven research questions that are related to the meanings of the verbs in question, the semantic specialisations of those verbs, and the semantic relation of the specific verb pair constituents. READ MORE

3. 2. The use of arise and rise in present-day British & American English : A corpus based analysis of two verbs

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   Author : Alexander Lakaw; [2007]
   Keywords : corpus study; collocations; semantic prosody; semantic specialisation; synonymy; absolute synonyms; near-synonyms; language change;

   Abstract : This corpus based investigation deals with the present-day usage of and the semantic relation between the two verbs rise and arise. Concordance lines containing various forms of the two verbs in question have been taken from six different (sub)corpora and were examined in view of their collocational and semantic characteristics. READ MORE

4. 3. Hiding behind nicknames : A linguistic study of anonymity in IRC chatrooms

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   Author : Alexander Lakaw; [2006]
   Keywords : CMC; nicknames; anonymity; identity; synchronous chat;

   Abstract : Abstract This essay deals with the creation and usage of nicknames in synchronous CMC. Nicknames from four different IRC chat conversations related to three different topic groups have been examined. The method draws on Bechar-Israeli’s (1996) categorisation of nicknames, which has been adapted to suit the type of data sampled. READ MORE