Essays about: "the Corpus of Historical American English"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words the Corpus of Historical American English.
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1. Making the Old New Again : A Corpus Analysis of Semantic Change in Contemporary American English Slang
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : 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
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2. Change in the Meaning of the Word Cool : A study comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierAbstract : The aim of this thesis was to study change in the meaning of the word cool, comparing the 1890s, the 1950s and the 2010s. Examples where the word cool was used were obtained from the Corpus of Historical American English, which is created by Mark Davies, and analyzed in terms of in which senses and text types they were used. READ MORE
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3. It’s no laughing matter! The changing use of the semicolon and its application in various genres
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : The function of the semicolon has changed considerably since the 15th century, from primarily indicating the length of a pause, to providing syntactic information. According to prescriptive grammar, the semicolon is used to join independent clauses and to avoid complexity by separating items in a list. READ MORE
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4. The Power of Words : How the use of words reflects societal opinion
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : 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
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5. 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)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