Corpus Linguistics Analysis: Collocations and Verb Usage in Authors and Journalists
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Corpus Linguistics, AntConc, TextSTAT, VOIX, DEVOIR, FALLOIR, linguistic analysis, authors, journalists
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Unlock the Power of Corpus Linguistics: Analyze Language Patterns with Precision. Discover how corpus linguistics exercises reveal insights into language usage, focusing on collocations, clusters, and verb frequencies. Explore the characterization of authors and journalists through their linguistic styles, highlighting objectivity, neutrality, and creativity. Learn to harness the potential of software tools like AntConc, TextSTAT, and EXCEL to uncover trends and patterns in language data, enabling a deeper understanding of linguistic structures and their applications.
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[...] More precisely, I edited and pasted into a Word file with macros previously activated to merge the columns. In fact, it is crucial to form sentences by linking 'left context', 'hit' and 'right context'. Once the table is obtained, I plunge it into an Excel environment; in order to count the occurrences of each DEVOIR+INFINITIF form. I repeat the same procedure with the form FALLOIR + QUE / INFINITIF. [...]
[...] For exercise We used the Collocate tab of the AntConc software: Then we proceeded to the settings. We measure the strength of the collocations of "VOIX" using the "Likelihood" metric" For exercise For this exercise, we used the TextSTAT software: In searching for concordances, we marked the character string to identify it quickly. Then, we carried out a manual search, first with DEVOIR+INFINITIF, then with FALLOIR+QUE/INFINITIF. NB: We tried macros on WORD and EXCEL to sort, but the tables were very voluminous. [...]
[...] We calculated the occurrences of the verbs devoir and falloir by author. We used the EXCEL software to calculate the relative frequencies and highlight the essential rates ; This allows us to characterize the authors and journalists, by the relative frequencies. It appears that journalists use the verbs DEVOIR and FALLOIR more to draw attention, while authors generally use other expressions. [...]
[...] While the relative frequencies of FALLOIR are 22% and respectively. The authors like Adam use it in a more balanced way. Journalists are characterized by objectivity and neutrality, as they emphasize the necessity and observed facts, they are therefore more practical and factual. The authors seem to use a greater variety of structures to express their thoughts, They are more creative and expressive. [...]
[...] Indicate the maximum, minimum, and median for each series of results. Author/Journalist Occurrence of HAVE TO Relative frequency Occurrence of FALLOIR Adam 5 11 Allain Barthelemy Berlioz 8 5 Chauvier Decornoy 68 15% 22 DelaGorce 11 3 Dommergues 91 20% 8 Eekhoud 9 2 Florenne 13 8 Gaboriau Lavigne Lemoine 99 22% Lermina 1 3 Malot 8 3 Maschino 4 1 Metenier 1 16 Patzold 4 1 Quinton Rouleau Sand 4 Valles 8 Vidal 7 Videlier 6 4 Characterization: - Journalists Decornoy and Dommergues use a lot the combinations DEVOIR+INFINITIVE and FALLOIR+QUE/INFINITIVE compared to others. [...]
