Corpus Perspectives on Patterns of Lexis
Editors
A hallmark of corpus linguistics is the study of patterns of language use. The studies presented in this volume all use corpora to investigate patterns of lexis from various perspectives. The first section, “Sequence and Order”, presents theoretical and practical aspects of the linguist’s task of uncovering the principles that determine such patterns. The next section, “Competing Constructions”, discusses the relationship between lexical patterns with similar meanings in the light of diachronic, regional and register variation. New developments in terms of lexicogrammatical meaning and patterning are dealt with in the section “Emerging Patterns”. The final section, “Correlating patterns and meaning”, discusses ways in which meaning can be studied in corpus data despite the lack of narrowly defined search terms. Though situated at different points on a continuum between lexical and grammatical emphasis, the studies all confirm the inseparability of lexis and grammar.
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 57] 2013. viii, 299 pp.
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Table of Contents
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List of contributors | pp. vii–viii
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IntroductionHilde Hasselgård, Jarle Ebeling and Signe Oksefjell Ebeling | pp. 1–10
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Sequence and order
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Sequence and order: The neo-Firthian tradition of corpus semanticsMichael Stubbs | pp. 13–34
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Mom and Dad but Men and Women: The sequencing of sex-determined noun pairs in American EnglishDoris Dant | pp. 35–46
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Sequences of size adjectives in text: Great big, tiny little, and less frequent combinationsStephen Coffey | pp. 47–68
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Competing constructions
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The competition between the intensifiers dead and deadly: Some diachronic considerationsZeltia Blanco-Suárez | pp. 71–90
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Has go-V ousted go-and-V? A study of the diachronic development of both constructions in American EnglishIngo Bachmann | pp. 91–112
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The construction cannot help -ing and its rivals in Modern EnglishGünter Rohdenburg | pp. 113–132
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From reduction to emancipation: Is gonna a word?David Lorenz | pp. 133–152
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Complex prepositions and variation within the PNP constructionAdam Smith | pp. 153–174
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Emerging patterns
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A finer definition of neology in English: The life-cycle of a wordAntoinette Renouf | pp. 177–208
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A corpus-based study of gender assignment in recent English loanwords in NorwegianAnne-Line Graedler | pp. 209–222
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The return of the prefix? New verb-particle combinations in blogsStefan Diemer | pp. 223–244
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Correlating patterns and meaning
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Modality and the V wh patternBenet Vincent | pp. 247–270
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Assessing corpus search methods in onomasiological investigations: Exploring quantity approximation in business discourseDiane Goossens | pp. 271–292
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Author index | pp. 293–296
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Subject index | pp. 297–300
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General