Essays about: "COCA Corpus of Contemporary American English"

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1. 11. Non-Standard "-ed" Forms of Selected Irreguslar Verbs: A Corpus-based Study of Present-day American English

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   Author : Eric Wikström; [2013-06-28]
   Keywords : irregular verbs; -ed forms; non-standard usage; present-day American English; past participle; preterit; COCA Corpus of Contemporary American English ; standardization; variation; AAVE African America Vernacular English ; SWVE Southern White Vernacular English ;

   Abstract : This is a corpus-based study which aims to survey the parallel use of non-standard preterit and past participle "-ed" forms in a group of irregular verbs (namely "blow", "grow", "know", and "throw") in Present-day American English and to determine in what media, style registers, and text types such non-standard verb forms occur. The data for this analysis is provided by the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) which comprises texts from the period of 1990 - 2010. READ MORE

3. 12. ‘LOL’, ‘OMG’ and Other Acronyms and Abbreviations : A study in the creation of initialisms

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Ida Lundell; [2012]
   Keywords : Morphology; acronyms; abbreviations; initialisms; slang; corpus linguistics; the Internet; netspeak;

   Abstract : Marchand (1969) claims that abbreviations and acronyms, which are also known as ‘initialisms’, are used to create “names of new scientific discoveries, trade-names, names of organizations, new foundations or offices, but occasionally, and chiefly in American English, personal and geographical names are also coined in this way” (Marchand, 1969: 452). However, initialisms that originate from netspeak, such as ‘LOL’, are different from the initialisms Marchand (1969) describes. READ MORE

4. 13. The Semantic Structure of the Noun "Dog" : Qualia structure and how it works

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   Author : Giacomo Palma; [2011]
   Keywords : qualia strucutre; noun; adjectives; corpus; dog; semantic structure; substructures; quale;

   Abstract : This essay studies the semantic structure of the noun dog with the help of qualia structure and adjectives that collocate with the noun. It also evaluates the idea of qualia structure and how well it works in studying the semantic structure of nouns. READ MORE

5. 14. Onomatopoeic phrasal verbs : A corpus study of their meanings and usage in American English

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   Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2010]
   Keywords : Compositionality; corpus study; figurative meaning; extension of meaning; meaning; metaphors; onomatopoeia; ontological metaphors; orientational metaphors; phrasal verbs; registers; semantic;

   Abstract : This study examines how the meanings of onomatopoeic phrasal verbs are created and in which register these verbs are most frequently used. Through the study of previous research on the subject qualities of onomatopoeia and phrasal verbs are identified. READ MORE

6. 15. Snap! Crack! Pop! : A corpus study of the meanings of three English onomatopoeia

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   Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2010]
   Keywords : Snap; crack; pop; onomatopoeia; semantics; sound symbolism; mimes; style; ideophones; register; non arbitrariness;

   Abstract : The focus of this essay is on examining the meanings of the onomatopoeia (sound imitating words) snap, crack and pop. Previous studies on onomatopoeia and sound symbolism are used to define the terms and create a model for an alternative categorization of these meanings. READ MORE