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Semantic prosody and collocation: A corpus study of the near-synonyms persist and persevere
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In: Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 240-258 (2021) (2021)
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Abstract:
Near-synonyms in English often cause considerable confusion among EFL students. This study aims to clarify this confusion through a corpus-based investigation of the target synonymous verbs persist and persevere with focus on distribution across genres, collocations, and semantic preference/prosody. The results, based on the Corpus of Contemporary American English, reveal that persist and persevere occur with the highest frequency in academic texts and webpages, respectively. Despite similarities in cognitive meanings, the two synonyms co-select different sets of collocations. An analysis of the semantic prosody suggests that while persist tends to co-occur with words or phrases that express negative meanings related to continual unpleasant situations, the co-occurring lexical items around persevere denote strong determination and great effort in completing a difficult task. Moreover, although it is stated in a learner dictionary that persevere is used only as an intransitive verb, corpus evidence proves that this verb can also be used transitively. It is recommended that corpus data be incorporated in vocabulary instruction, alongside learner dictionaries, the former of which can provide more authentic linguistic information on collocational and grammatical patterns.
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Keyword:
coca; collocation; corpora; Language and Literature; near-synonymy; P; P1-1091; Philology. Linguistics; semantic prosody
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URL: https://doaj.org/article/12a474595d4c4262b7a81406885ffd99
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On the Use of Corpora in Second Language Acquisition – Chinese as an Example
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In: Acta Linguistica Asiatica, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2021) (2021)
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O carpinteiro e a madeira: a constituição de corpora jurídicos em perspectiva etnometodológica / The carpenter and the wood: the constitution of legal data from an ethnomethodological perspective
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In: Revista de Estudos da Linguagem, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 673-709 (2021) (2021)
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Prescription and reality in advanced academic writing
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In: Ibérica, Vol 39, Pp 15-42 (2020) (2020)
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A Critical Evaluation of Three Sesotho Dictionaries
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In: Lexikos, Vol 30, Pp 445-469 (2020) (2020)
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Eesti keele kui teise keele õpikute lausete analüüs ja selle rakendamine eri keeleoskustasemete sõnastike näitelausete automaatsel valikul
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In: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, Vol 15, Pp 99-119 (2019) (2019)
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In defense of frequency generalizations and usage-based linguistics. An answer to Frederick Newmeyer’s “Conversational corpora : when big is beautiful”
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In: CogniTextes, Vol 19 (2019) (2019)
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Semi-automating the Reading Programme for a Historical Dictionary Project
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In: Lexikos, Vol 28, Pp 343-360 (2018) (2018)
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The semantic change of positive vs. negative adjectives in Modern English
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In: Lingua Posnaniensis, Vol 60, Iss 2, Pp 25-38 (2018) (2018)
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Gêneros textuais datasheet e artigos científico em aulas de ESP: levantamentos léxico-estatísticos para fins educacionais
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In: Domínios de Lingu@gem, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 351-378 (2017) (2017)
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Keeping up with the digital age: New data sources in research on languages for specific purposes
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In: Ibérica, Vol 34, Pp 283-292 (2017) (2017)
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L2 Writing Assistants and Context-Aware Dictionaries: New Challenges to Lexicography
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In: Lexikos, Vol 27, Pp 494-521 (2017) (2017)
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À la croisée des corpus et de la phraséologie : une proposition d’outil informatique
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In: Studii de Lingvistica, Vol 7, Pp 13-26 (2017) (2017)
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Fenomeno della collocabilità ristretta nell’italiano di oggi
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In: Linguistica Pragensia, Vol 26, Iss 2, Pp 33-46 (2016) (2016)
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Towards an integrated corpus stylistics
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In: Topics in Linguistics, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 59-68 (2015) (2015)
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An emerging future infinitive in present day German?
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In: Open Linguistics, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2015) (2015)
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Legal Terms in General Dictionaries of English: The Civil Procedure Mystery
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In: Lexikos, Vol 25, Pp 246-261 (2015) (2015)
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Creating a system of annotation for FSP
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In: Linguistica Pragensia, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 9-18 (2015) (2015)
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O papel da pausa na segmentação prosódica de corpora de fala
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In: Revista de Estudos da Linguagem, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 883-922 (2015) (2015)
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Corpus methods and their reflection in linguistic theories of the 20th century
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In: Slovenščina 2.0: Empirične, aplikativne in interdisciplinarne raziskave, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 4-23 (2013) (2013)
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