THE ABSOLUTE PHRASE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
THE ABSOLUTE PHRASE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
Author(s): James Bosch Vanden Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: ABSOLUTE PHRASE; ABSOLUTE CLAUSE; NOMINATIVE ABSOLUTE; FIXED ABSOLUTES; STEREOTYPED ABSOLUTES; EXTRACTION FORMULAS; TAGGED CORPUS; SENTENCE FRAGMENTS; SYNTAX; RELATIVE FREQUENCY IN SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH; ICE-GB; POS-TAGGED CORPUS
Summary/Abstract: Until recently it has been difficult to obtain good information about the relative frequency of the absolute phrase in spoken and written English. With a POS-tagged corpus like the ICE-GB, however, it is possible to use extraction formulas to find absolute phrases in the ICE-GB, a million-word corpus of contemporary English. In this study, I describe the results of that corpus work, especially in terms of relative distribution by genre.
Journal: Stylistyka
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: XVIII
- Page Range: 323-335
- Page Count: 1
- Language: English
