A corpus-driven analysis of certainty stance adverbs: Obviously, really and actually in spoken native and learner English
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2018.11.016
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the most frequent certainty adverbs in the extended LOCNEC (Aguado et al. 2012) and their frequency and use in three datasets of the LINDSEI (Chinese, German and Spanish LINDSEI components). Our… read more here.
Keywords: analysis certainty; driven analysis; certainty adverbs; corpus driven ... See more keywords
A corpus-driven description of o in Naijá (Nigerian Pidgin)
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DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.22016.man
Abstract: Widely attested in both creole and non-creole languages of the Atlantic basin, the function word o has been traditionally described as a ‘sentence/phrase final particle’, owing to its typical syntactic behaviour, rather than to its… read more here.
Keywords: pidgin; nigerian pidgin; naij nigerian; sentence ... See more keywords