scholarly journals “SMART HOUSE” METAPHOR: CONDITIONS OF FORMATION, CONTENT CHARACTERISTICS AND WAYS OF VERBALIZATION (ON THE BASIS OF CONTENT-ANALYSIS OF THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL CORPUS DATA)

2018 ◽  
pp. 292-296
Author(s):  
Nataliya Yur'evna Borodulina ◽  
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Marina Nikolaevna Makeeva ◽  
Ol'ga Nikolaevna Apraksina ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Smart House ◽  
National Corpus ◽  
Content Characteristics

scholarly journals The Use of the Thai Final Particle Na by Japanese Learners of Thai

MANUSYA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-54
Author(s):  
Sumintra Maklai ◽  
Theeraporn Ratitamkul ◽  
Thanasak Sirikanerat
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
First Language ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Final Particle ◽  
Communicative Functions ◽  
Linguistic Input ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Japanese Learners ◽  
National Corpus

This research aims to analyze communicative functions of the Thai final particle na and to explore the use of na by Japanese learners of Thai, comparing to that of native speakers. The study consisted of two parts. The first part involved an analysis of na using data from the Thai National Corpus (TNC). The findings showed that na had three main communicative functions. It was used to soften the tone of an utterance, to emphasize an utterance, and to mark a topic of an utterance. The second part of this research concerned conversational data in a pair discussion task of 10 Japanese learners of Thai and 10 native Thai speakers. The results showed that, when different functions and contexts were considered, the use of the Thai final particle na by the Japanese learners was similar to that of the native Thai speakers. That is, both groups used na most frequently to emphasize an utterance and least often to mark a topic of an utterance. This could result from a positive transfer from the learners’ first language. However, it was found that the Japanese learners showed significantly fewer instances of na as a topic marker than the native Thai speakers. It is possible that its marked position and low frequency in the learners’ linguistic input as suggested by the corpus data made na in this function difficult to acquire. This research also pointed to the importance of proficiency in a second language as a factor affecting learners’ use of final particles in conversation.

Making Sense of Corpus Data

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Levin ◽  
Grace Song
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
British National Corpus ◽  
Government Binding ◽  
Linguistic Account ◽  
National Corpus

This paper demonstrates the essential role of corpus data in the development of a theory that explains and predicts word behavior. We make this point through a case study of verbs of sound, drawing our evidence primarily from the British National Corpus. We begin by considering pretheoretic notions of the verbs of sound as presented in corpus-based dictionaries and then contrast them with the predictions made by a theory of syntax, as represented by Chomsky's Government-Binding framework. We identify and classify the transitive uses of sixteen representative verbs of sound found in the corpus data. Finally, we consider what a linguistic account with both syntactic and lexical semantic components has to offer as an explanation of observed differences in the behavior of the sample verbs.

scholarly journals Grammatical Disambiguation in the Tatar National Corpus

10.29007/jkgl ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bulat Khakimov ◽  
Ramil Gataullin ◽  
Rinat Gilmullin
Keyword(s):  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
Software Module ◽  
Special Software ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Agglutinative Languages ◽  
First Time ◽  
National Corpus

This paper concerns the issues of grammatical ambiguity in the Tatar National Corpus and the possiblities for automation of the disambiguation process in the corpus. Grammatical ambiguity is widely represented in agglutinative languages like Turkic or Finno-Ugric. In order to build the grammatically disambiguated subcorpus, wе have developed a special software module which searches for ambiguous tokens in the corpus, collects statistical information and allows creating and implementing the formal disambiguation rules for different ambiguity types. Disambiguation in the corpus is based on the context-oriented classification of ambiguity types which has been carried out on statistical corpus data in the Tatar language for the first time. We can say that we use the corpus as a source of our research and at the same time as a destination for implementing the results. Estimated cumulative effect of disambiguation of the identified frequent ambiguity types in the Tatar National Corpus can be up to 50%.

scholarly journals "A TOT PEROVSKOJ NE DAL VSLAST' POSPAT'": PROSODY AND GRAMMAR OF ANAPHORIC TOT THROUGH THE LENS OF CORPUS DATA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Podlesskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Structure ◽  
Anaphora Resolution ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Semantic Roles ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Spoken Discourse ◽  
Verb Forms ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
National Corpus

Based on data from the Russian National Corpus and the General InternetCorpus of Russian, the paper addresses syntactic, sematic and prosodic features of constructions with the demonstrative TOT used as an anaphor. These constructions have gained some attention in earlier studies [Paducheva 2016], [Berger, Weiss 1987], [Kibrik 2011], [Podlesskaya 2001], but their analysis (a) covered primarily their prototypical uses; and (b) was based on written data. The data from informal, esp. from spoken discourse show however that the actual use of these constructions may deviate considerably from the known prototype. The paper aims at bridging this gap. I claim (i) that the function of TOT is to temporary promote a referent from a less privileged discourse status to a more privileged one; and (ii) that TOT can be analyzed on a par with switch reference devices in the languages where the latter are grammatically marked (e.g. on verb forms). The following parameters of TOT-constructions are discussed: syntactic and semantic roles of TOT and of its antecedent in their respective clauses, linear and structural distances between TOT and its antecedent, animacy of the maintained referent. Special attention is payed to the information structure of the TOT construction: I give structural and prosodic evidence that TOT never has a rhematic status. The revealed actual distribution of TOT (a) adds to our understanding of cross-linguistic variation of anaphoric functions of demonstratives; and, hopefully, (b) may contribute to further developing computational approaches to coreference and anaphora resolution for Russian, e.g. by improving datasets necessary for this task.

Slovak Temporal Adverb zákratko in the Light of Corpus Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Daria Yu. Vashchenko
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Association Measure ◽  
Semantic Group ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Negative Form ◽  
National Corpus

Using material from the Slovak national corpus, this article examines the semantics of the Slovak adverb zakrátko, which belongs to a group of adverbs with the meaning “fast following”. The adverb is analyzed against the background of the other most commonly used adverbs that form a semantic group, which also include čoskoro, onedlho, and o chvíľu. In the first part of the article, the specificity of zakrátko compatibility is considered in the light of association measure indicators, three of which were selected – Minimal Sensitivity, logDice, and MI.log.f. Collocations specific only to zakrátko are singled out separately, namely those which include combinations with verbs that have a "social mark"; with verbs that denote disintegration, destruction, or, conversely, addition or filling in space; with some mental predicates; and with the negative form of the verb trvať 'last'. Then, correlations in compatibility between this adverb and čoskoro, onedlho, and o chvíľu are examined. While zakrátko has almost equal number of common correlates with čoskoro and onedlho, it is significantly less correlated with the adverb o chvíľu. In the second part of the article, cases of mutual compatibility of zakrátko and other frequency adverbs from the group are analyzed in pairs. Even in similar contexts, the use of zakrátko implies the speed and predetermination of the situation. It is shown that this adverb on one hand largely correlates with čoskoro and onedlho, while on the other it has its own specifics, which are expressed in the fact that zakrátko is more focused on specific situations that can be implemented in a deliberately short period of time.

scholarly journals ON TRADITIONAL CONCEPTION AND UPGRADING OF ONE APPLIED SEMANTIC DICTIONARY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. N. Leontyeva ◽  
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M. V. Ermakov ◽  
S. A. Krylov ◽  
S. Yu. Semenova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Automatic Processing ◽  
Formal Representation ◽  
Structural Representation ◽  
Current Version ◽  
Linguistic Information ◽  
Traditional Conception ◽  
Dictionary Entry ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
National Corpus

The paper deals with upgrading of an electronic semantic dictionary of RUSLAN for automatic processing of Russian texts. The previous versions of the dictionary were created in the 1990-es and early 2000-es mainly for automatic processing of the Russian Federation’s state papers. Now the Authors inherit the basic formalism of the Dictionary, including the metalanguage and the structure of the dictionary entry. The current version is revised and enlarged in a number of ways. While the initial versions mostly predate the advent of corpus linguistics, the current version is based on corpus data. The Russian National Corpus was used as a source of sample sentences, as well as for determining statistically and empirically which linguistic information is pragmatically relevant. A structural representation for the sample sentences was designed, and a procedure for selecting lexical units from the corpus to use in a pragmatic description of polysemy. A formal representation of situations, previously outlined in the works of Nina N. Leontyeva, has also been detailed and largely realized. Among the lexicon, verbs in particular have received a more flexible description compared to the previous versions, and aspectual meanings are reflected with more nuance.

scholarly journals Verbal prefixes and suffixes in nominalization: Grammatical restrictions and corpus data

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Pazelskaya
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Prefixes ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
National Corpus

This paper aims to investigate the options of –nie/tie nominalization chosen by various verbal stems in Russian, as far as these options can be seen on the texts of the Russian National Corpus. The paper is in some sense an addition to Sergei Tatevosov (2009, 2011) in that it is an attempt to look beyond the grammar restrictions outlined in these works.

scholarly journals Predicative Adverbs and Adjectives with Infinitival Subjects. A Corpus Investigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-150
Author(s):  
Adam Przepiórkowski ◽  
Agnieszka Patejuk
Keyword(s):  
Epistemic Modal ◽  
Polish Literature ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Predicative Adjective ◽  
National Corpus

The aim of this paper is to compare two Polish predicative constructions with infinitival subjects, namely those with predicative adverbs and those with predicative adjectives. The latter construction, of the form “predicative adjective + copula + infinitival subject”, has hardly been noticed in Polish literature on predication, copulas, or infinitival subjects. On the basis of corpus data, mainly from the National Corpus of Polish, we demonstrate that this construction is much rarer than the analogous construction with predicative adverbs. We also show that roughly the same predicates may be expressed as either adverbs or as adjectives when the subject is an infinitival phrase – any observed differences are not systematic but rather stem from lexical gaps and differences in the meanings of particular adverbs and adjectives. In particular, certain modal predicates may only be expressed as adjectives because the corresponding adverbs do not express the same non-epistemic modal meanings. Finally, we provide new corpus evidence for an earlier claim that predicative adjectives are much rarer than adverbs when the subject is infinitival because they require this subject to undergo covert nominalisation; as adverbs combine with infinitival subjects directly, they are usually preferred.

scholarly journals Electronic word-of-mouth as a Branding Tool for Sunset Restaurants

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristeidis Gkoumas
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
Electronic Word Of Mouth ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Brand Relationships ◽  
Contextual Elements ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Content Characteristics

This paper aims to investigate the effect of electronic-word-of-mouth(e-WOM)on brand awareness and equity for the emerging segment of sunset restaurants. By applying the method of user-generated content analysis the current research examines the impact of reviews posted on TripAdvisor regarding sunset restaurants in Thailand. The findings of the study indicate that certain contextual elements along with content characteristics enhanced the brand relationships between the travelers and dining establishments. The meta-commentary interpretation of the online content reveals that recommendation reciprocity and review consensus stimulate the affinity among the users while increasing the visitor empathy for particular restaurants

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