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Computational Phraseology
Edited by Gloria Corpas Pastor and Jean-Pierre Colson
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 24] 2020
► pp. 135–150

Multiword expressions in comparable corpora

| University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava |

On the basis of Aranea Gigaword Web corpora, a family of comparable corpora intended for use in contrastive linguistic research, multilingual lexicography, language teaching and translation studies we discuss the pros and cons of comparable corpora in contrast to monolingual and parallel corpora for the analysis of multiword entities (MWEs). We demonstrate that by using large corpora for two or more languages, consisting of unrelated texts, yet created in a comparable manner, parallel language structures and phenomena like MWEs can be identified if the appropriate tools are employed. With the Aranea corpora, the “bilingual sketch” functionality of the Sketch Engine is one such tool which provides a new approach for analyses of similarities of (or differences between) collocation profiles (word sketches) for words and their translation equivalents.

Keywords: comparable corpora, universal tagset, compatible Sketch Grammars, multiword expressions
Article outline
  • 1.Comparable corpora: A brief survey
  • 2.Aranea comparable corpora
    • 2.1Methodology
    • 2.2Available corpora
    • 2.3Access to CC
  • 3.Multi-word expressions in comparable corpora
    • 3.1Competition between monolingual and comparable corpora
      • 3.1.1Intralingual sketch in monolingual vs. comparable corpus
      • 3.1.2Interlingual sketch from monolingual corpora
      • 3.1.3Intralingual sketch difference and collocational equivalent
    • 3.2Data mining in comparable corpora
      • 3.2.1Intralingual sketches in different varieties of english corpora
      • 3.2.2Interlingual sketches in comparable corpora
        • 3.2.2.1Collocational preferences
        • 3.2.2.2Collocational compatibility
        • 3.2.2.3Collocational behaviour of MWES
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Internet links (Last accessed on June 11, 2019)
Published online: 8 May 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.24.07dur
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