LINGUISTIC VARIATION OF ENGLISH COGNITIVE VERBS
Journal Title: ІНОЗЕМНА ФІЛОЛОГІЯ - Year 2018, Vol 131, Issue
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to follow the linguistic change of English cognitive verbs overtime, their variation across dialects, genres, registers, as well as gender related usage preferences. The data for the study of the linguistic variation has been taken from the BYU corpora (GloWbE, COCA, COHA, BNC, CORE) and MICASE. Leveraging both corpus-based and corpus-driven approaches enabled addressing the problem comprehensively and identifying salient (socio)linguistic variables within the class. The distribution of the top English cognitive verbs across dialects, genres, registers and their overtime change suggest that linguistic variation is highly typical of the verbs under analysis and follows distinctive patterns requiring deeper scrutiny. The tendency towards more abstract senses, deviation from grammatical norms and domain-specifi c usage uncovers hidden semantic processes triggered by the external factors. The fi ndings can benefi t the study of linguistic variation in general and be used by lexicographers and language instructors.
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Iryna Dilai
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- DOI 10.30970/fpl.2018.131.2137
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