Textual analysis: from philology to corpus linguistics

Purpose – This study aims to examine, via social exchange theory and social representations, how online vacation rentals (OVR) connect tourists and owners. It also aims to understand the dynamics and representations between owners and tourists in Albufeira, one of the most popular counties in the south of Portugal, supported on the theories of representation and social exchange. More specifically this research is structured on the following question: how the consequents – engagement and personalization – are materialized in the testimonies and descriptions posted on the vacation rentals platform. Design/methodology/approach – The initial assumption for this exploratory study is that OVR bring both material and intangible advantages for the individual consumer and for the community of homeowners. Drawing from netnography, using textual analysis, including the use of a corpus linguistics software program (WordSmith v.6), the authors aim to capture the multidimensional meanings presented by the tourists' online reviews of their travelling experience and home rental. Findings – The findings suggest that sharing the same nationality can facilitate engagement and influence the decision-making process (selection of property). Furthermore, findings point to a sense of place construed through affordances of place, home and a functional sense of place. Personalization of services is perceived by tourists as a positive outcome, this being the result of a positive evaluation that properties have received. Originality/value – The innovative design of this research, combining textual analysis and netnography of data reviews, and the analysis of this new form of tourism are the main contributions of this paper.

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Die Kritische Online-Edition der Nuntiaturberichte Eugenio Pacellis (1917–1929)

Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken ◽

10.1515/qufiab-2021-0004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 101 (1) ◽

pp. 28-57

Author(s):

Sascha Hinkel ◽

Jörg Hörnschemeyer

Keyword(s):

Information Retrieval ◽

Frequency Distribution ◽

Corpus Linguistics ◽

Digital Humanities ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Textual Analysis ◽

Holy See ◽

Online Edition ◽

Key Terms ◽

Pope Pius Xii

Abstract Eugenio Pacelli, the later Pope Pius XII, was already considered a leading diplomat of the Holy See when he served as nuncio in Germany. Using the critical online edition of his nuncial reports, digital humanities methodologies will be used to explore which topics dominated his reports, the diplomatic style of his nunciature and whether Pacelli adapted the form and content of his reports to the various recipients. To this end, quantitative methods of textual analysis such as the frequency distribution of types in relation to tokens as well as recourse to key terms and multi-word units (N-grams) will be employed. Moreover, methods from the field of corpus linguistics, information retrieval (TF-IDF) and quantitative stylometry (contrastive analyses with Burrows’ Delta and Zeta) are applied to evaluate both stylistic and content-related issues.

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Corpus Linguistics

10.1017/cbo9780511804489 ◽

1998 ◽

Cited By ~ 537

Author(s):

Douglas Biber ◽

Susan Conrad ◽

Randi Reppen

Keyword(s):

Corpus Linguistics

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The Cambridge Handbook of English Corpus Linguistics

10.1017/cbo9781139764377 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Keyword(s):

Corpus Linguistics

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CORPUS LINGUISTICS, LANGUAGE CORPORA AND LANGUAGE TEACHING

ENGLISH JOURNAL ◽

10.32832/english.v14i2.3845 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Eska Perdana Prasetya ◽

Anita Dewi Ekawati ◽

Deni Sapta Nugraha ◽

Ahmad Marzuq ◽

Tiara Saputri Darlis

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Corpus Linguistics ◽

Language Use ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Applied Linguistics

<span lang="EN-GB">This research is about Corpus Linguistics, Language Corpora, And Language Teaching. As we know about this science is relatively new and is associated with technology. There are several areas discussed in this study such as several important parts of the corpus, the information generated in the corpus, four main characteristics of the corpus, Types of Corpora, Corpora in Language Teaching, several types that could be related to corpus research, Applications of corpus linguistics to language teaching may be direct or indirect. The field of applied linguistics analyses large collections of written and spoken texts, which have been carefully designed to represent specific domains of language use, such as informal speech or academic writing.</span>

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The Role of Muslim Women in Civil Society In Promoting Values and Principles for Building Peace: Action Guide from The Qur’ān

Sains Insani ◽

10.33102/jsi2019.4.1.05 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 30-36

Author(s):

Che Amnah Bahari ◽

Fatimah Abdullah

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Lifelong Learning ◽

Significant Role ◽

Textual Analysis ◽

Muslim Women ◽

Peace Building ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Pluralistic Society ◽

Women And Children

The whole world, the Muslim in particular has witnessed conflicts in different areas, which have hindered the developmental efforts of the nations concerned. It should be learned that most victims of these conflicts are women and children. This article attempts to elaborate the role of Muslims Women as a crucial segment in civil society in initiating peace building through nurturing process. It maintains that the adoption of the principles and values derived from the Qur’ān and Sunnah of the Prophet is necessary as a process of lifelong learning. Those identified values constituted the framework of this article and it adopts the textual analysis method. This article concludes that through the implementation of those values and frameworks for peace building, women as one of the important segments of civil society are able to play significant role towards initiating peace building and promoting peaceful co-existence in pluralistic society. Abstrak: Dunia Islam khususnya telah menyaksikan konflik di pelbagai daerah yang berbeza. Konflik ini telah menghalang usaha kearah pembangunan Kawasan yang berkenaan. Kebanyakan mangsa konflik ini adalah wanita dan kanak-kanak. Artikel ini cuba untuk menghuraikan peranan wanita Islam sebagai segmen penting dalam masyarakat madani dalam membangun proses kedamaian dengan mendidik dan memupuk prinsip dan nilai murni janaan al-Qur’an. Penggunaan prinsip dan nilai yang dikutip dari ayat-ayat Qur'an dan hadis Rasulullah adalah keperluan yang mendesak sebagai wadah bagi proses pembelajaran sepanjang hayat. Nilai-nilai yang dikenal pasti merupakan rangka kerja artikel ini, dan metod yang dirujuk adalah analisis teks. Artikel ini menyimpulkan bahawa melalui pelaksanaan nilai-nilai dan kerangka kerja Islam bagi proses kedamaian, wanita Islam dalam masyarakat madani mampu memainkan peranan penting dalam memulakan pembinaan keamanan dan menggalakkan kehidupan yang harmonis, sejahtera dan saling bantu membantu dalam masyarakat majmuk.

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Fighting words: a corpus analysis of gender representations in sports reportage

Corpora ◽

10.3366/cor.2013.0033 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 27-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Laura L. Aull ◽

David West Brown

Keyword(s):

Women Athletes ◽

Textual Analysis ◽

Corpus Analysis ◽

Gender Representations ◽

Sports Media

In this study, we explore linguistic constructions of gender in US sports reportage concerning two related basketball altercations: the Pacers–Pistons NBA fight in 2004 and the Shock–Sparks WNBA fight in 2008. We use a combined corpus and qualitative textual analysis to investigate coverage from the days immediately following the fights and to compare that coverage to sports reportage more generally. Our analysis reveals key differences in narrative focus; for example, that NBA coverage is most interested in blame assignation in the isolated event, while WNBA coverage concerns gender and the league writ large. Such patterns, which are realised linguistically in both explicit and implicit ways, contribute to the ‘othering’ of women and women athletes in the increasingly important sports-media-commercial complex.

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Varieties of non-obvious meaning in CL and CADS: from ‘hindsight post-dictability’ to sweet serendipity

Corpora ◽

10.3366/cor.2017.0124 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 339-367 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alan Partington

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Corpus Linguistics ◽

Macro Level ◽

Discourse Studies ◽

Micro Level ◽

Special Relevance

In this paper, I want to examine the special relevance of (non)obviousness in corpus linguistics through drawing on case studies. The research discussion is divided into two parts. The first is an examination of (non)obviousness at the micro-level, that is, in lexico-grammatical analyses, whilst the second looks at the more macro-level of (non)obviousness on the plane of discourse. In the final sections, I will examine various types of non-obvious meaning one can come across in Corpus-assisted Discourse Studies (CADS), which range from: ‘I knew that all along (now)’ to ‘that's interesting’ to ‘I sensed that but didn't know why’ (intuitive impressions and corpus-assisted explanations) to ‘I never even knew I never knew that’ (serendipity or ‘non-obvious non-obviousness’, analogous to ‘unknown unknowns’).

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