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
Reasons Why Suicidal Adolescents Want to Live: A Corpus-Driven Language Analysis.
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DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240332
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Adolescent suicidality is a major public and mental health crisis. Youths contemplating suicide experience an internal conflict between wanting to die and wanting to live. This study aimed to examine suicidal adolescents' self-reported reasons… read more here.
Keywords: corpus driven; analysis; language; suicidal adolescents ... See more keywords