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Ilchenko, Olga; Kramar, Natalie – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
No research article is imaginable without reporting verbs. They help the writer voice his/her own views against the backdrop of other community voices, while also serving to project his/her authority and expertise in the field. The vast variety of reporting verbs in academic discourse and their disciplinary specificity account for a huge challenge…
Descriptors: Verbs, Research Reports, Language Usage, Computational Linguistics
Hyland, Ken; Jiang, Feng – Applied Linguistics, 2019
In this article we explore the ways in which academic citation practices have changed over the past 50 years. Based on the analysis of a corpus of 2.2 million words from the same leading journals in four disciplines in 1965, 1985, and 2015, we document a substantial rise in citations over the period, particularly in applied linguistics and…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Computational Linguistics, Preferences, Verbs
Li, Lexi Xiaoduo – SAGE Open, 2022
This study demonstrates how native and learner corpora can enhance modal verb treatment in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) textbooks used in mainland China. Data analysis compares modal verbs in the textbook and native corpus by referring to distributional features, semantic functions and co-occurring constructions; and the analysis of the…
Descriptors: Verbs, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Liu, Ping; Huang, Xu – Higher Education Studies, 2017
This study adopts the revised interpersonal model of metadiscourse to discover whether and to what extent Chinese authors employ a varying amount of Interactional Metadiscourse (IM) in the past decade in English abstracts of economics Research Articles (RAs). The data was drawn from a prestigious economics journal in China to compose a corpus of…
Descriptors: Economics, Research Reports, Discourse Analysis, Chinese
Assadi, Nader; Ghassemi, Mojtaba; Madadi, Alireza – English Language Teaching, 2014
The purpose of this study is to explore any possible difference among the verb types chosen in articles written in English by the non-natives and natives. In so doing, Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar (1994) was employed. 80 published articles from the medical sciences field of study were chosen from among which 40 were written by native…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Comparative Analysis, Verbs, Writing Strategies
Lindstromberg, Seth – IRAL, 1991
Presents an analysis of the verb "get," which is portrayed as having different shades of meaning that stand in a noncomplex, semantically motivated relation to each other. The intended result is an explanation of the various uses of "get." (36 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Semantics

Leach, Patrick – Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1987
Examines three main reasons for the lack of passives in intermediate learners' English: the inherent difficulty of the verbal forms involved; the possible lack of a passive formal equivalent in the learners' first language; and the learners' lack of exposure to suitable texts. (CB)
Descriptors: Correlation, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Second Language Learning

Bland, Susan Kesner – TESOL Quarterly, 1988
Focuses on the increasing use of the so-called stative verbs found in the progressive aspect from the perspective of the nonnative speaker of English. The use of stative verbs in the progressive is a predictable consequence of the meaning of the present progressive and the particular discourse contexts in which progressive statives are found.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Language Proficiency

Westmoreland, Maurice – Hispania, 1988
Discusses theories and findings concerning the status of the present perfect in American Spanish. In Spain, the present perfect is preferred to the preterite whereas the simple preterite is more frequently used in South America. The lessened usage of the past perfect parallels the narrower usage of the present perfect in Latin America. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Dialects, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Language Variation

Shi, Ziqiang – Language Variation and Change, 1989
The grammaticalization of "liao" as a main verb in tenth-century vernacular texts to "le" as an aspectual particle in modern Chinese is investigated. The change is attributed to the resultative construction coming into existence in the language and to instances where the verb took sentential subjects or occurred in temporal clauses only. (17…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Usage, Language Variation, Mandarin Chinese

Fagan, Sarah M. B. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1991
Presents basic rules governing the use of German predicates that are interpreted as but not synonymous with "be" or "put" in English, focusing on the verbs' special characteristics and correct usage in authentic German sentences. (12 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), English, German, Language Patterns
Kakouriotis, A. – IRAL, 1987
Examines Modern Greek verbs which seem to be negative-raisers, including consideration of data that offer syntactic justification for negative-raisers and an examination of the semantics and pragmatics of the negative-raisers. (CB)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Greek, Language Usage, Negative Forms (Language)
Sopher, H. – IRAL, 1987
Compares the use of the English verbs "say" and "tell" and the Hebrew verbs "amar" and "siper" and then examines the degree of correspondence between "say" and "amar" and between "tell" and "siper." (CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Hebrew
Thomas, Andrew L. – IRAL, 1987
Describes rules for the use and interpretation of "verbally determinate ellipsis" involving the English verb group. Discussion covers: verbal determinacy and indeterminacy; verb group vs. verb phrase; the verb group as a five-part system; verb group echoing vs. auxiliary contrasting ellipsis; passive auxiliary; interpretation rules;…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English, Grammar, Language Patterns

Hoyle, Susan M. – Journal of Child Language, 1991
Reports on four school-age boys' use of the specialized register of sportscasting as performed both spontaneously and when elicited by the researcher, and compares the boys' production of formal register-marking features to adult usage. (27 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Athletics, Children, Comparative Analysis
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