Guillaume Desagulier | Université Paris 8, Université Paris Ouest | Nanterre La Défense, UMR 7114 MoDyCo
I aim to uncover revealing aspects of the conceptual structure of four English
moderators (rather, quite, fairly, and pretty) and shed new light on previous
studies on degree modifiers. I develop an original methodology for handling
and visualizing measures of significant attraction between lexical items. This
methodology combines univariate and multivariate statistics. Collexeme analysis
is used as input for hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis, and multiple
distinctive collexeme analysis is used as input for correspondence analysis. Visualizing
collexemes with exploratory tools does more than depict proximities
and distances between individuals and variables. It is also an accurate means to
(a) unveil fine semantic differences in a set of near-synonymous constructions,
(b) determine entrenchment continua, and (c) represent a significant part of the
complex inventory of intensifying constructions.
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