Listar por tema "Corpus linguistics"
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A Corpus of History Texts (CHET) as part of the Coruña Corpus Project
(St. Petersburgh State University, 2015)[Abstract] The aim of this paper is to offer a description of the Corpus of Historical English Texts (CHET), one of the several sub-corpora within the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing (CC). The compilation ... -
A look beyond the texts: The samples in the eighteenth-century Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts
(John Benjamins, 2021)[Abstract] This chapter deals with the eighteenth-century texts we have included in the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts, CELiST, one of the corpora included in the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing. The ... -
A look beyond the texts: the samples in the nineteenth-century Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts
(John Benjamins, 2021)[Abstract] This chapter complements the previous one in that it deals with the nineteenth-century texts we have included in the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts, CELiST, one of the corpora in the Coruña Corpus of ... -
Analysis of Errors in Learners of Spanish as a Second Language
(2016)[Abstract] In this dissertation we present a description about certain linguistic aspects those Anglophone speakers who are learning Spanish as a second language might have. In order to accomplish this, we have used the ... -
CETA as a tool for the study of Modern Astronomy in English
(John Benjamins, 2012)[Abstract] Modern culture can be said to depend on writing to such an extent that if scientific knowledge is not written it simply does not exist (Hyland, 1998). It is easy to observe, when glancing through any more or ... -
Corpus of English Chemistry Texts (CEChet)
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2022) -
Coruña Corpus Tool (CCT)
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Eighteenth century female authors: women and science in the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing
(The Australian Linguistic Society, 2013)[Abstract] This paper explores the use of linguistic features characteristic of impersonal or personal style in scientific writing by female authors in the eighteenth century. Variables such as discipline, subject-matter ... -
Eighteenth-century scientific writing in the Coruña Corpus: English "cultivated by industrious and good hands"
(Universidad de La Laguna, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2015)[Abstract]This paper aims at comparing the use of classical terms in eighteenth scientific writing in English once the patterns of Scholasticism have been abandoned and the new methods brought about by Empiricism are ... -
Geography and involvement: a linguistic analysis of women’s discourse
(2015)[Abstract] This research project aims at assessing the level of involvement in speeches by women representative of different countries and institutions, either governments or organisations. Different variables will be taken ... -
Patterns of english scientific writing in the 18th Century: adjectives and other Building-blocks
(John Benjamins, 2012)[Abstract] It is often claimed that the written register tends to reflect a nominal style, in which nouns, phrases and adjectives abound, whereas a verbal style, containing higher proportions of verbs, complement clauses ... -
Persuasion in English Philosophy Texts (CEPhiT)
(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 2015)[Abstract]The aim of this paper is to offer a description of the Corpus of English Philosophy Texts (CEPhiT) as well as to present a pilot study on persuasion strategies. Although this corpus contains samples from the ... -
Las redes sociales como corpus de estudio para el Análisis del discurso mediado por ordenador
(Universidade da Coruña, 2014) -
The Coruña Corpus Tool
(Sociedad Española para el Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural, 2007)[Abstracts] The Coruña Corpus of scientific writing will be used for the diachronic study of scientific discourse from most linguistic levels and thereby contribute to the study of the historical development of English. ... -
The making of the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts (CELiST), a bunch of disciplines
(John Benjamins, 2021)[Abstract] Contrary to what happens with huge corpora automatically taken from the Internet by crawlers, the compilation of a smaller specialised corpus is a time-consuming, carefully planned task that must follow a ... -
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 ...