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Determining light verb constructions in contemporary British and Irish English

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2015
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Ronan, P., & Schneider, G. (2015). Determining light verb constructions in contemporary British and Irish English. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 20(3), 326–354. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.3.03ron

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This study implements an automated parser-based approach to the investigation of light verb constructions. The database consisting of ICE-GB and ICE-IRE is used to obtain qualitative and quantitative results on the use of light verb structures. The study explains and evaluates the steps employed to optimize parser output in detecting open lists of light verb constructions. It discusses the qualitative usage differences of these structures in the data between the two varieties and finds that ICE-GB favours fewer high frequency light ve

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  • Ronan, Patricia
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  • Schneider, Gerold
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20

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3

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326

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354

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Keywords

light verb constructions, automatic parsing, collocation measures, British English, Irish English

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English

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2015

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2016-02-05

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1384-6655

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Ronan, P., & Schneider, G. (2015). Determining light verb constructions in contemporary British and Irish English. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 20(3), 326–354. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.3.03ron

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