Essays about: "Corpus of Historical American English COHA"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Corpus of Historical American English COHA.

1. 1. Making the Old New Again : A Corpus Analysis of Semantic Change in Contemporary American English Slang

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Matthew Gallaher; [2023]
   Keywords : semantics; semantic change; corpus studies; corpus linguistics; slang; collocates; context analysis;

   Abstract : This study used a combination of historical and contemporary corpora to investigate semantic change within the contemporary American English slang words swag, flex, and swole. This study involved two parts. READ MORE

3. 2. The Power of Words : How the use of words reflects societal opinion

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : David Brodin; [2023]
   Keywords : Gay; Queer; Corpus Linguistics;

   Abstract : This essay examines the ways that the underlying meaning of the keywords queer and gay had changed between, and during, the periods of 1989-1991, 1999-2001 and 2009-2011 within the medium of written American English as collected by the Corpus of Historical American English across multiple written genres. The examination of the two chosen keywords was conducted by sorting the list-results of respective COHA queries into each period, and then conducted by a systematic sorting of the query results into one out of four categories depending on how the keywords were primed, framed and used. READ MORE

4. 3. Semantic change and the description of disability : A diachronic corpus study of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Andreas Johansson; [2022]
   Keywords : corpus of historical american english; euphemism; language change; lexical change; pejoration; semantics;

   Abstract : With data from the Corpus of Historical American English, this study charts the semantic development of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled from the 1900s to the 2010s. Using both qualitative concordance line examination and frequency data, it attempts to determine what types of change have occurred in American English (as represented by COHA) within each adjective. READ MORE

5. 4. What defines a Parent? : A Corpus Study of the Shift in Meaning of the Word Parent in American English during the 19th and 20th Centuries

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Karin Persson; [2019]
   Keywords : Parent; Corpus Linguistics; Corpus Studies; the Corpus of Historical American English; COHA; Semantic Change;

   Abstract : This essay examines how the sense of the word parent has developed and possibly changed during the 19th and 20th centuries. The hypothesis is that father was the most common meaning in the early 1800s and that by the end of the 20th century it had changed into having a more general sense, denoting all caregivers of a child. READ MORE

6. 5. Thou Shalt Not Split...? : A Corpus-Based Study on Split Infinitives in American English

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Simon Johansson; [2015]
   Keywords : split infinitive; corpus linguistics; COHA; COCA; American English;

   Abstract : 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