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A Corpus-Driven Contrastive Study of Dimensional Adjectives

Author: ChenShunZuo
Tutor: XuYuLong
School: Shanghai International Studies University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Space measure adjectives Non - metaphorical meaning Comparative study Corpus -driven research Typical
CLC: H04
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract


Space measure adjectives and color word study similarities, the word has a linear sequence of at the same time has a universality and cultural specificity. This article is the second Swedish space measure adjectives (Vogel 2004), similar to the theoretical framework and corpus collection practices in non-metaphorical meaning high / tall for space adjective \The article focuses on analysis of \In addition, the author also carried the Chinese conclusions and other languages ??conclusion was to explore common semantic features and cultural characteristics. Articles in the corpus, explore the value and methods for using the corpus in this area of ??research, and to evaluate the existing corpus. New summary from a semantic point of view, the \Realize once again as a comparative study of the characteristics of Chinese adjectives part of speech, and propose options combined with the corpus characteristics of corpus. The article summarizes the difficulties encountered in the research methods and corpus selected for the future of such research for reference, and more research perspective and research topics. Used in the literary section in the existing dictionary and corpus corpus. Dictionary study of \In addition, the usage Peking modern Chinese corpus and the BNC literary part, for example, the system summarized in the \Russian, and Swedish study conclusions controls, to explore whether semantic features in common and cultural characteristics. Text in Chinese and English contrast, the major modification of the \plants and so on. Not consistent with the number of object features appear in different Chinese and English Language. The tall modified entity has more rise characteristics, functional surface entity mostly modified high. The analysis showed that compared with other studies, similar to Chinese \English, with entities vertical is one of the important features. Relative RUSSIAN, modification of the \The \The top of the object function and object texture hard two characteristics, Swedish materials and Chinese corpus, roughly the same proportion, perhaps human knowledge is universal. Prominent features in the environment are more common in the corpus of Chinese literature, but only in the Swedish study corpus, fictional moving the semantics of the characteristics to be reflected. The study also found that the Chinese head, neck, back, waist, legs, feet, and other prominent than the regular, can be used as corroboration of the views of body experience cognitive view of language.

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