Methodological issues in corpus-based Cognitive
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Heylen, Kris; Tummers, José; Geeraerts, Dirk

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“…A number of scholars have been postulating that cognitive linguistics should put a stronger emphasis on applications of empirical data derived form corpora, e.g. Geeraerts, 2006;Grondelaers, Geeraerts & Speelman, 2007;Deignan, 2008;Heylen et al, 2008;Gries & Divjak, 2010. They emphasize that since the usage-based approach to language study is among the central theses of cognitive linguistics, the use of natural language samples brings important advantages to cognitive linguistic research.…”

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Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Waliński¹

2014

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Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Waliński¹

2014

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“…Those data matrix patterns are different from interaction effects and multicollinearity, which are generally accounted for in multivariate analyses and which often have a clear linguistic interpretation. Moreover, appropriate techniques, such as MCA and Structural Equation Modeling, are needed to deal with those patterns (for an overview of potential techniques, see Heylen et al 2008).…”

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Spurious effects in variational corpus linguistics

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Speelman

Geeraerts³

2014

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As repositories of spontaneously realized language, corpora generally have an uncontrolled and unbalanced structure where all variables operate simultaneously. Consequently, a variable's real effect can be concealed when studied in isolation because of the exclusion of the impact of other potentially confounding variables. Analyzing a variational case study, the alternation between inflected and uninflected attributive adjectives in Dutch, it will be demonstrated how confounding variables alter the impact of explanatory variables on the response variable, resulting in spurious effects in the bivariate analyses. Multiple Correspondence Analysis will be used as a heuristic tool to unveil the association patterns between explanatory variables in the data matrix which induce the spurious effects. Based on these findings, we will argue for a thorough analysis of the database patterns to gain insight in the underlying associations between explanatory variables before modeling their real impact on the response variable in a multivariate model.

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“…In many studies, including Stefanowitsch & Gries (2003), the Fisher exact test is used, although in a later paper Gries (2008) explores a measure based on dispersion rather than frequency. The choice of statistical method for particular comparisons is an area rife with confusion and contention (Heylen et al 2008). Wiechmann (2008) tested forty seven association measures and his results showed that the Fisher exact test performed well, but that a method called Minimum Sensitivity might be the best measure of association, although it is clear that defining "best" in linguistic terms is not going to be a straightforward task.…”

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Corpus linguistics and theoretical linguistics

Barlow

2011

IJCL

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This paper examines the relationship between corpus linguistics and theoretical linguistics from a variety of standpoints. We consider the nature of the fit between particular theoretical approaches and the three areas in which corpus linguistics has made a significant contribution to our understanding of language: the provision of frequency information, the highlighting of the importance of collocations, and the description of variation and text types. The complex relationship between data, theory, and representation is described with the aim of situating corpus-based research with respect to different linguistic theories, looking broadly at British and American traditions and paying particular attention to usage-based models of language. We then briefly discuss some current issues surrounding theoretical developments within corpus linguistics, including the divide between cognitive and social perspectives; the representation of corpus-based generalisations; and the relationship between patterns in corpus data and patterns in the mind.

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Methodological issues in corpus-based Cognitive Linguistics

Cited by 30 publications

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Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Spurious effects in variational corpus linguistics

Corpus linguistics and theoretical linguistics

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