Using Antconc: A Corpus-Based Tool, to Investigate and Analyse the Keywords in Dickens’ Novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’.

Rawi., MustafaKhalidSalehAl

doi:10.21474/ijar01/3158

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“…In addition to the statistically most frequent vocabulary, it has become evident that certain words are very specific to a distinctive type of text, and the knowledge of these words facilitates understanding of the texts (Baker 2004;Al-Rawi 2017). These words of 'special status' (Stubbs 2010: 21) are considered key vocabulary.…”

Section: Frequency Word Lists and Abstractmentioning

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Lexical Analysis of Nautical and Marine Engineering Corpora: Similar or Different Lexicographic Results

Đurović,

Dževerdanović-Pejović

2023

LEXI

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English for Maritime Purposes comprises a variety of different registers. However, most of the dictionaries and glossaries are dedicated either to General Maritime English or Nautical English, while other aspects of the maritime industry are poorly covered by specialized lexicographic material, especially as regards formal dictionaries. Considering that the main classification onboard ship in terms of the crew and operational systems is related to the Deck and the Engineering Department, we sought to explore the similarities and differences between the technical lexes of the two areas, in order to see whether separated dictionaries and glossaries might be required, or a common maritime one would suffice. To test and measure the tackled technical vocabularies, we utilized contemporary corpus linguistics methods and software. The results show significant differences in the key vocabulary of the compared corpora. The findings clearly and once more call for special attention and focus when it comes to the interpretation of maritime lexis, as well as for establishing a clear distinction between English for Nautical and for Marine Engineering purposes. Keywords: maritime English, nautical English, marine engineering, corpus, vocabulary, lexis, frequency, keywords, word list, technical dictionary

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Lexical Analysis of Nautical and Marine Engineering Corpora: Similar or Different Lexicographic Results

Đurović,

Dževerdanović-Pejović

2023

LEXI

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“…4.5 Some-related studies Ozturk (2007) explained "the textual organization of research article introductions in applied linguistics: variability within a single discipline", Nelson (2006) studied "semantic associations in business English: a corpus-based analysis", Walker (2011) examined "how a corpus-based study of the factors, which influence collocation can help in the teaching of business English", Xie (2013) examined "corpus linguistics and corpus-based research in Hong Kong: A state-of-art review", Sun and Jiang (2013) approached "metaphor use in Chinese and US corporate mission statements: a cognitive sociolinguistic analysis", Cheng and Cheng (2013) focussed on "epistemic modality in court judgments: a corpus-driven comparison of civil cases in Hong Kong and Scotland", Gurtu et al (2014) explained "an analysis of keywords used in the literature on green supply chain management", Weir and Anagnostou (2014) examined newspapers: "exploring newspapers: a case study in corpus analysis" and Al Rawi (2017) studied "using AntConc: a corpus-based tool to investigate and analyse the keywords in Dickens' Novel "A Tale of Two Cities". American presidential discourse is thought to be worthy of attention as it uncovers the attitudes adopted by each president.…”

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Keywords and collocations in US presidential discourse since 1993: a corpus-assisted analysis

Hamed

2020

JHASS

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to apply a corpus-assisted analysis of keywords and their collocations in the US presidential discourse from Clinton to Trump to discover the meanings of these words and the collocates they have. Keywords are salient words in a corpus whose frequency is unusually high (positive keywords) or low (negative keywords) in comparison with a reference corpus. Collocation is the co-occurrence of words. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this purpose, the investigation of keywords and collocations is generated by AntConc, a corpus processing software. Findings This analysis leads to shed light on the similarities and/or differences amongst the past four American presidents concerning their key topics. Keyword analysis through keyness makes it evident that Clinton and Obama, being Democrats, demonstrate a clear tendency to improve Americans’ life inside their social sphere. Obama surpasses Clinton as regard foreign affairs. Clinton and Obama’s infrequent subjects have to do with terrorism and immigration. This complies with their condensed focus on social and economic improvements. Bush, a republican, concentrates only on external issues. This is proven by his keywords signifying war against terrorism. Bush’s negative use of words marking cooperative actions conforms to his positive use of words indicating external war. Trump’s positive keywords are about exaggerated descriptions without a defined target. He also shows an unusual frequency in referring to his name and position. His words used with negative keyness refer to reforming programs and external issues. Collocations around each top content keyword clarify the word and harmonize with the presidential orientation negotiated by the keywords. Research limitations/implications Limitations have to do with the issue of the accurate representation of the samples. Originality/value This research is original in its methodology of applying corpus linguistics tools in the analysis of presidential discourses.

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A Voice for Education: A Digital Analysis of Sheikha Moza’s Public Statements, 2009–2018

Sawaly

Zaghouani

Kaufer

2019

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Using Antconc: A Corpus-Based Tool, to Investigate and Analyse the Keywords in Dickens’ Novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’.

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Lexical Analysis of Nautical and Marine Engineering Corpora: Similar or Different Lexicographic Results

Lexical Analysis of Nautical and Marine Engineering Corpora: Similar or Different Lexicographic Results

Keywords and collocations in US presidential discourse since 1993: a corpus-assisted analysis

A Voice for Education: A Digital Analysis of Sheikha Moza’s Public Statements, 2009–2018

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