Variation as lexical choice: have, got and the expression of possession

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Choice

Frames of reference in discourse: Spatial descriptions in Bashkir (Turkic)

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-544
Author(s):  
Tatiana Nikitina
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
Reference Frame ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Linguistic Relativity ◽  
Matching Task ◽  
Spatial Reference ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Linguistic Strategies ◽  
Coding Strategies ◽  
Growing Body

AbstractIn spite of the growing body of research on frames of spatial reference, a number of important questions remain unanswered. This study explores reference frame use in Bashkir, based on a linguistic matching task and a nonverbal task. In the linguistic task, speakers relied freely on intrinsic and relative frames. In intrinsic descriptions, two different kinds of mapping were attested: a mapping based on the Ground’s function, and a mapping based on the Ground’s shape. Several factors were identified that affect the choice of linguistic description, including lexical choice, the chair’s orientation with respect to the viewer, and the speaker’s age. Interference from Russian was not a significant factor. The repair strategies speakers used when encountering misunderstanding suggest that they were not aware of the source of their difficulties. A number of previous studies reported, for different languages, a correlation between reference frame use in linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks, supporting the linguistic relativity hypothesis. The data from Bashkir shows no such correlation: nonverbal coding strategies did not correspond to the same individual’s linguistic strategies, but correlated with the use of Russian in linguistic descriptions. I interpret this finding tentatively as pointing toward a mediated relationship between spatial cognition and language.

scholarly journals An investigation of Semantic Interlingual Errors in the Writing of Libyan English as Foreign Language Learners

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Abdalmonem S. Rajab ◽  
Saadiyah Darus ◽  
Ashinida Aladdin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
First Language ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
L1 Influence ◽  
Semantic Errors ◽  
L1 And L2 ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge

The aim of this paper is to investigate some semantic interlingual errors in the writing performance of Libyan English as Foreign Language Learners (LEFLLS). The study seeks to analyze these errorsthat appear in the learners’ written production. The data was gathered from 25 essays written by 25 Libyan postgraduates majoring in different fields. It was collected and organized according to the errors committed. Errors taxonomy adapted from James’ (1998) and Al-Shormani and Al-Sohbani’s (2012) was used in identifying and analyzing these errors. Semantic errors were classified into five categories namely formal mis-selection, formal mis-formation, lexical choice, collocation and lexico-grammatical choice. The semantic errors identified were 346. These errors were classified into four categories namely, formal misformation (46.7%), distortion due to spelling (32.4%), lexical choice (40.6%) and lexicogrammatical choice (2.4%). The results show that direct translation from the first language (L1), assumed synonym and misselection of letters sub-categories score the highest number of the errors, i.e.14.2%, 13.08% and 12.08% respectively. While the sub-category, both collocations incorrect error was the lowest (0.52%). The other errors take the form of paraphrase (11.5%) and Idiomacity (8.5%). Two main sources have been found to be the cause behind these errors namely, L1 influence and insufficient knowledge about the second language (L2). Moreover, cultural differences between L1 and L2 had its impact in the written products of Libyan students.

scholarly journals Semantic Set of N-Word Choices in Afro-American Fiction: A Corpus Analysis of Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Rizwan Aftab ◽  
Asim Aqeel ◽  
Saba Zaidi
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Harlem Renaissance ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
American Fiction ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Fiction Writers ◽  
Basic Concepts

This study explores the linguistic selection focusing on the use of N-word choice by African-American fiction writers. This study explains the basic concepts of language and language use, language as a text and discourse, and also the function it plays within the context. With Halliday and Hassan's semantic set of choices, this study argues that Zora Neale Hurston does not seem aware of consciously using N-words in her novel, but her use of Nword linguistic choice to communicate the theme of race is in line with her true reflection of the society and culture she is born and bred in. Hurston might have used N-word deliberately both to appropriate lexical choice with that of characters' roles as many of the Harlem Renaissance writers did and to establish a kind of community building and collective cultural solidarity, the major determinants of Hurston's use of the N-word in Their Eyes Were Watching God.

scholarly journals Lexical choice in context

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnès Tutin ◽  
Richard Kittredge
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Choice

scholarly journals Moving in a Gyre: A Discourse Analysis of President Rouhani’s De Facto Inaugural Speech

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Rahman Sahragard ◽  
Meisam Moghadam
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Formal Structure ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Inaugural Speech ◽  
Political Groups

<em>The purpose of this study is to critically analyze the discourse of the de facto inaugural speech presented by president Rouhani while receiving his presidential percept from the leader, to seek the ideology beyond his speech and to detect the point that to which of discourses, reformists’ or principalists’, Rouhani’s discourse belong to. Based on Dijk’s socio-cognitive model of critical discourse analysis the selected corpus’ ideological and persuasive components are assessed. To this end and based on the model, the historical, political or social background of the election is discussed firstly. Then, the political groups and parties, specifically reformists and principalists, their ideologies and power relations are elaborated. Finally, based on the examination of all formal structure, lexical choice and syntactic structure, the presupposed and the implied notions are made explicit, to determine the ideology beyond the formal text. Comparing the extracted notions from the speech with the polarized viewpoints of two political parties, it was concluded that Rouhani tried to keep the golden middle path while presenting his ideas, trying to introduce himself a moderate person and base all his plans on moderation. His speech revealed the strategies to move in a gyre of ideas trying to avoid condemning any party or person of eminence in line to keep all parties in one line to make his move.</em>

scholarly journals Lexical choices along the creative process of coc comparato

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Livia Sprizão de Oliveira ◽  
Edina Regina Panichi
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Genetic Criticism ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Feedback Cycle ◽  
The Impact

Lexicographical words represent things – physical or abstracts – and are also plenty of expressive shapes, which are socially built. The grammatical use of words disseminates denotative meanings and metaphorical effects that engage emotions. The context in which words are placed creates a feedback cycle between the sign and the psychic images that it evokes. Through the analysis of the manuscripts of the Brazilian dramatist, Doc Comparato, we shall observe the movements of experimentation and lexical choice along the creative process of his writing of the script Jamais (Never) - also called Calabar or A tribute to the treason. We are going to verify the changes on the effects of meaning by comparing the reviews applied to the text, following the author’s search for the grammatical shape that gives life to the idea. In order to analyze the metamorphosis of the writing process we shall use the fundaments of Genetic Criticism and the Stylistic to evaluate the results reached by the author – considering that a dramaturgical text is made to be staged and, for being so, must predict the impact of the sounds of words and also the actions that follow them.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Translation Errors: A Case Study of Vietnamese EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Kim Cuc
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Test Translation ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Translation Errors

The study aimed to analyze the translation errors committed by Vietnamese EFL students, and identify the source of errors, then inform some implications of pedagogy to improve the translation ability of the students. To this end, 36 Vietnamese students, who at the time of the study were studying English as their major, were subjected to a Vietnamese-English translation test. Translation errors were analyzed using a threefold perspective proposed by Popescu (2012) including linguistic errors, comprehension errors, and translation errors. Findings showed that translation errors and linguistic errors are the most common errors, of which errors related to lexical choice, syntax and collocations are the most frequently committed by the students. The source of the errors could be attributed to inter-lingual, intra-lingual interference or errors can be the integration of the source. Results were discussed and implications for the improvements of translation ability and recommendations for future research were presented. 

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