Essays about: "CobuildDirect"
Found 4 essays containing the word CobuildDirect.
-
1. A preposition is something which you should never end a sentence with : A corpus-based study on preposition stranding
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : This study examines to what extent preposition stranding is used in connection with which, whom and who in three different UK papers. Also what factors influence the use of preposition stranding has been studied. The hypothesis that pied-piping is more common than preposition stranding has been confirmed. READ MORE
-
2. The use of the prepositions to and with after the verb to talk in British and American English : A corpus-based study
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : This paper is a study of the use of the prepositions to/with after the verb to talk in British and American English. The research is based on the material from the COBUILDDirect corpus, Longman American Spoken Corpus and New York Times CD-ROM. READ MORE
-
3. She likes doing what he likes to do - A corpus study of like and its complementation
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : The following paper has been dedicated to the verb like, which is one of the verbs in the English language that can take either a to-infinitive or an -ing participle as a complement. The purpose of the paper is to examine if there are any differences in distribution and meaning between the two complements. READ MORE
-
4. Why begin when you can commence - Aspects of near-synonymous verbs of Germanic and Romance origin
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two near-synonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. READ MORE
