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Yanxiao Ma – SAGE Open, 2024
The article revisits the canonical (Dem>Num>A>N) and non-canonical (A>Dem>Num>N & Dem>A>Num>N) prenominal patterns in Mandarin Chinese, from the perspective of the Labeling Algorithm. It shows that the syntactic distribution of adjectives are different, depending on the attributive-predicative sources and the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Mandarin Chinese, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Form Classes (Languages)
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Kongcharoen, Pong-ampai; Thummanuruk, Wannasiri – THAITESOL Journal, 2023
This research investigated three synonymous adjectives "perfect," "flawless," and "impeccable" in terms of meaning, degree of formality, collocations, and grammatical patterns. The three synonymous adjectives were scrutinized through the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The findings suggested that these…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Morphemes
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Özbay, Ali Sükrü; Gürsoy, Zehra – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2023
The study aimed to investigate the disciplinary variations and the structural/functional features of recurrent expressions in the introduction and literature sections of the Master of Arts (MA) theses in two corpora. It is significant since the bundles fulfil specific functions in the form of formulaic language. The sampling of the study was…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Masters Theses
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Park, Sunyoung – Cogent Education, 2023
There has been plenty of observational evidence displaying that L2 English learners whose L1 do not have article systems undergo persistent difficulties. It is known that functional categories of grammar are especially difficult for L2 learners, and the Korean language does not have a functional equivalent to English articles. The current study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
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Fattah, Ashraf; Yahiaoui, Rashid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study seeks to contribute to addressing a gap in theory-driven corpus-based research focused on the so-called translation specific features (TSF) in Arabic translated texts. It provides a contrastive Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)-informed analysis of concessive/contrastive connective markers in a selected comparable corpus made up of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Semitic Languages, Computational Linguistics, Translation
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Lee, Younghee Cheri; Jwa, Soomin – English Teaching, 2023
In recent years, an array of studies has focused on 'translationese' (i.e., unique features that manifest in translated texts, causing second language (L2) writings to be similar to translated texts but different from native language (L1) writings). This intriguing linguistic pattern has motivated scholars to investigate potential markers for…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Journal Articles, Documentation
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Wijitsopon, Raksangob – rEFLections, 2021
The present study investigates the Thai quantifier 'laay' ([Thai characters omitted]) and its two major English lexical equivalents: 'several' and 'many', using data from an English-Thai parallel corpus, the Thai and British National Corpora. An examination of the parallel corpus reveals that the quantifier 'laay' has a broad semantic property as…
Descriptors: Thai, Contrastive Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, English
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Akinci Oktay, Suhan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
It is a well-known fact that advice-giving practices may differ from culture to culture. While some societies such as British culture refrain from giving advice, others such as Turkish may prefer to give advice perceiving it as an indication of solidarity. Thus, precautions for preventing this nature of advice is taken by language itself in a…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Speech Acts, Counseling, Computer Mediated Communication
Creel, Samantha – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The present study aimed to catalogue and compare usage patterns of verb-particle constructions (VPCs) in Modern Standard Arabic and English by native and learner writers. Building upon an analysis of a multi-genre monolingual Arabic corpus, use of both Arabic and English VPCs was explored in a bilingual L1 (first language) Arabic L2 (second…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Standard Spoken Usage, Bilingualism, Native Language
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Yoon, Hyung-Jo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study examined how students of English as a foreign language (EFL) with different first language (L1) backgrounds use interactional metadiscourse markers in argumentative writing. Specifically, to explore unique patterns of metadiscourse features that reflect context and development, the essays written by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean EFL…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Schweinberger, Martin – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2020
This study aims to exemplify how language teaching can benefit from learner corpus research (LCR). To this end, this study determines how L1 and L2 English speakers with diverse L1 backgrounds differ with respect to adjective amplification, based on the "International Corpus of Learner English" (ICLE) and the "Louvain Corpus of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Native Language, Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning
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Yin, Zihan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
Linking adverbials are important for creating textual cohesion in both written and spoken English. While there are reference grammar books describing the usage patterns of linking adverbials and studies investigating learners' difficulties in using these cohesive devices, there is little discussion on how to effectively teach and learn them. By…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Form Classes (Languages)
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Laws, Jacqueline – First Language, 2019
This corpus-based study provides a baseline of complex word usage patterns in the spontaneous speech of English preschool children to ascertain the characteristics of their derivative vocabulary before literacy development affects language skills. Frequencies of suffixed derivatives produced by (N = 243) children aged 2-5 and their caregivers were…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Word Frequency, Classification, Vocabulary Skills
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Gray, Bethany; Geluso, Joe; Nguyen, Phuong – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
In the present study, we take a longitudinal, corpus-based perspective to investigate short-term (over 9 months) linguistic change in the language produced for the spoken and written sections of the "TOEFL iBT"® test by a group of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners in China. The goal of the study is to identify patterns that…
Descriptors: Grammar, Computer Assisted Testing, Phrase Structure, Language Proficiency
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Ruivivar, June; Lapierre, Cynthia – Research-publishing.net, 2018
Monolingual and parallel concordancers have both been found to benefit second-language (L2) grammatical development. However, the relative benefits of these two concordancer types remains unclear. The present study compares learning outcomes and learners' perceptions of a monolingual English (Corpus of Contemporary American English, COCA) and a…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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