Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora
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Resumo: | Academic-scientific phraseological units in the English language play a key role in the communication of/to experts, once they reproduce frequent and expected expressions in varied disciplines. This paper aims at identifying and analyzing the 100 non-specialized academic-scientific phraseological units (constituted of 4 words) in the English language, present in eight major fields of knowledge. The theoretical background referred to Phraseology and Corpus Linguistics. Regarding methodology, an academic corpus was compiled with more than 120 million words. The software WordSmith Tools was used for the linguistic-textual process. Through the Juilland dispersion coefficient and use coefficient, the most frequent phraseological units were identified in the academic texts. The list was eventually validated by the Wilcoxon rank sum test (α = 0.05), indicating that the phraseological units identified show a higher use in the academic communication when compared to the use in the general language. The most relevant units are ‘the case of’, ‘as a result of’ and ‘at the end of’. The list with the most functional phraseological units in the English language might provide a valuable pedagogical linguistic reference for the study of the academic genre. |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corporaspecialized communicationfrequent expressionslinguistic-textual processingstatistical analysis.Academic-scientific phraseological units in the English language play a key role in the communication of/to experts, once they reproduce frequent and expected expressions in varied disciplines. This paper aims at identifying and analyzing the 100 non-specialized academic-scientific phraseological units (constituted of 4 words) in the English language, present in eight major fields of knowledge. The theoretical background referred to Phraseology and Corpus Linguistics. Regarding methodology, an academic corpus was compiled with more than 120 million words. The software WordSmith Tools was used for the linguistic-textual process. Through the Juilland dispersion coefficient and use coefficient, the most frequent phraseological units were identified in the academic texts. The list was eventually validated by the Wilcoxon rank sum test (α = 0.05), indicating that the phraseological units identified show a higher use in the academic communication when compared to the use in the general language. The most relevant units are ‘the case of’, ‘as a result of’ and ‘at the end of’. The list with the most functional phraseological units in the English language might provide a valuable pedagogical linguistic reference for the study of the academic genre. Universidade Estadual De Maringá2017-10-19info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/3181110.4025/actascilangcult.v39i4.31811Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; Vol 39 No 4 (2017); 345-353Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; v. 39 n. 4 (2017); 345-3531983-46831983-4675reponame:Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMenghttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/31811/pdfCopyright (c) 2017 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Cultureinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilva, Eduardo Batista daOrenha-Ottaiano, AdrianeBabini, Maurizio2022-02-17T22:23:34Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/31811Revistahttp://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCultPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/oai||actalan@uem.br1983-46831983-4675opendoar:2022-02-17T22:23:34Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora Silva, Eduardo Batista da specialized communication frequent expressions linguistic-textual processing statistical analysis. |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora |
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Identification of the most common phraseological units in the English language in academic texts: contributions coming from corpora |
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Silva, Eduardo Batista da |
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Silva, Eduardo Batista da Orenha-Ottaiano, Adriane Babini, Maurizio |
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Orenha-Ottaiano, Adriane Babini, Maurizio |
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Silva, Eduardo Batista da Orenha-Ottaiano, Adriane Babini, Maurizio |
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specialized communication frequent expressions linguistic-textual processing statistical analysis. |
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specialized communication frequent expressions linguistic-textual processing statistical analysis. |
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Academic-scientific phraseological units in the English language play a key role in the communication of/to experts, once they reproduce frequent and expected expressions in varied disciplines. This paper aims at identifying and analyzing the 100 non-specialized academic-scientific phraseological units (constituted of 4 words) in the English language, present in eight major fields of knowledge. The theoretical background referred to Phraseology and Corpus Linguistics. Regarding methodology, an academic corpus was compiled with more than 120 million words. The software WordSmith Tools was used for the linguistic-textual process. Through the Juilland dispersion coefficient and use coefficient, the most frequent phraseological units were identified in the academic texts. The list was eventually validated by the Wilcoxon rank sum test (α = 0.05), indicating that the phraseological units identified show a higher use in the academic communication when compared to the use in the general language. The most relevant units are ‘the case of’, ‘as a result of’ and ‘at the end of’. The list with the most functional phraseological units in the English language might provide a valuable pedagogical linguistic reference for the study of the academic genre. |
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