Essays about: "collocate"

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

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    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

  3. 12. Emotion Adjectives : A corpus study of the use of terrified, petrified and horrified in British and American English

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Elin Hagström; [2009]
    Keywords : British National Corpus; collocate s ; collocation s ; Corpus of Contemporary American English; emotion adjectives; horrified; near-synonyms; petrified; terrified.;

    Abstract : For many non-native speakers of English it can be difficult to distinguish semantic differences between near-synonyms. In order to create idiomatically correct sentences in a language it is important to know which word to use in a specific context. READ MORE

  4. 13. Five English Verbs : A Comparison between Dictionary meanings and Meanings in Corpus collocations

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Susanne Sörensen; [2006]
    Keywords : word convention; verbum; utterance; polysemy; polysemous verb; lexical item; prototypical semantics; computational linguistics; monosemous units of meaning; principle of lexical contrast; valency pattern; selectional restrictions; collocational string; collocational profile; disambiguation;

    Abstract : In Norstedts Comprehensive English-Swedish Dictionary (2000) it is said that the numbered list of senses under each headword is frequency ordered. Thus, the aim of this study is to see whether this frequency order of senses agrees with the frequencies appearing in the British National Corpus (BNC). Five English, polysemous verbs were studied. READ MORE

  5. 14. Why begin when you can commence - Aspects of near-synonymous verbs of Germanic and Romance origin

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Louise Eriksson; [2005]
    Keywords : near-synonymy; collocations; verbs of Germanic and Romance origin;

    Abstract : 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