Essays about: "COCA Corpus of Contemporary American English"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words COCA Corpus of Contemporary American English.
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6. An Outline of the Semantic Network of the Preposition Up in American English : A Corpus Study
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierAbstract : In this study an outline is presented of the semantic network of the preposition up in American English in sentences extracted from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), which was done to determine what the most common uses and meanings of the preposition are, as well as to determine if most of its possible meanings are concrete or abstract. The results show that there is a salient use and also prototypical meaning of up, and that these are major factors that impact the semantic network of the preposition. READ MORE
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7. Acquiring low-frequency English vocabulary by contextual guessing amongst Swedish learners of English playing The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Video and computer game users are frequently stated as possessing a higher proficiency in English. In this study, 3 Swedish upper secondary school students from different programs played The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, a lovecraftian murder mystery game. READ MORE
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8. A corpus-based study of Amplifiers in American English A study of the differences between amplifiers most frequently used in the different registers in the Corpus of Contemporary American English
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Abstract: This study aims at exploring the most frequently used amplifiers in American English by using the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The focus is to investigate amplifiers with regard to two contextual factors known to affect the use of amplifiers: amplifier type (both maximizers and boosters) and amplifiers used to intensify adjectives as it has been shown by several studies that most amplifiers are used with adjectival heads. READ MORE
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9. See how far we’ve come : A corpus study of the source metaphor JOURNEY
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkulturAbstract : The present study is based on conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), which Lakoff and Johnson introduced in 1980. Data were taken from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), and three phrases (a long road, bumpy road and fork in the road) were investigated, in order to see how far the conceptual metaphor theory can be corroborated using authentic data. READ MORE
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10. Thou Shalt Not Split...? : A Corpus-Based Study on Split Infinitives in American English
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : This essay aims to shed light on the prevalence of the to + adverb + verb and to not + verb split infinitives in American English, both in a historical perspective and in present day usage, and how it varies in different contexts where different levels of formality are expected. Although students are taught to avoid splitting constructions, numerous grammarians and linguists question this prescriptive viewpoint. READ MORE
