GI-MUSTE - Artigos: Recent submissions
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Classifying communicative formats in CHET, CECHeT and others
(EasyChair, 2016)[Abstract] This paper describes one of the concerns of corpus compilers when gathering samples of texts. In particular, it explores how to classify such samples in wider categories in the case of the Corpus of English ... -
“… but be ſure you let it ſettle”: Late Modern Authors’ Presence in English Scientific Texts
(The Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN), 2024)[Abstract] The use of pronouns shows the author’s intention to address the reading public or the presence of the target readership in texts. This paper focuses on second-person pronouns, which are especially revealing of ... -
The representativeness threshold for the CETA subcorpus of the Coruña Corpus
(Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2021-09)[Resumen] The concept of representativeness is the main distinguishing characteristic of specialised corpora in comparison to other sets of texts. The Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing currently comprises four ... -
‘A matter both of curioſity and uſefulneſs’: Compiling the Corpus of English Texts on Language
(Asociación Española de Lingüística de Corpus, 2019)[Abstract] This paper describes the compilation of CETeL, the subcorpus on ‘Language and Linguistics’ in the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing, and discusses the various challenges encountered during the process ... -
The might of ‘might’: A mitigating strategy in eighteenth and nineteenth century female scientific discourse
(Universidad de La Laguna, 2016)[Abstract] Apart from the practical function of efficiently exchanging knowledge, scientific writing is also used to convey persuasion by using a number of pragmatic strategies that help authors gain acceptance for their ...