Collocational patterns of the synonyms join, participate, and attend: A Corpus-based study
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| Collection | Collection: HuSoc e-Journals |
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| CMU Digital ID | CMU Digital ID: dc:195038 |
| Title | Title: Collocational patterns of the synonyms join, participate, and attend: A Corpus-based study |
| Creator | Creator: Nuttanun Niwesworakarn |
| Contributor | Contributor: Jarrawee Petkaew Supakorn Phoocharoensil Somkiart Intasingh |
| Journal Title | Journal Title: International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies |
| Abstract (Other) | Abstract (Other): This article is a corpus-based study, exploring three synonymous verbs: “join," “participate," and “attend," in terms of the degree of formality and collocation. The data were derived from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The results demonstrated that “participate" is the most formal word as it commonly appears in academic texts. Similarly, “attend" is as formal as “participate" and frequently emerges in newspapers. On the other hand, “join" has the highest number of occurrences in informal contexts, that is, spoken and television and movie subtitles. For the purposes of this study, the top-thirty frequently listed noun collocates with MI scores higher than three were examined. The collocates were categorized into themes according to semantic preference. It was found that “participate" and “attend" are more synonymous as these two verbs share a number of particular noun collocates. Moreover, “participate" and “attend" have some overlapping collocates as represented by the emerging themes. These shared themes highlight the close sense of relation between the two verbs. However, “join" is the least synonymous among these three verbs as it has its own unique sets of noun collocates. The conclusion made from distinctions in object noun collocates and the degree of formality can illustrate the usage of the three target synonyms. |
| Physical Description | Physical Description: 1 online resource |
| Publisher | Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks |
| Keyword | Keyword: Collocation Formality Near-Synonym Semantic Preference Synonym |
| Link Source | Link Source: https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85201127772?origin=resultslist |
| Date Issued | Date Issued: 2024 |
| Relation | Relation: International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies 22,1(June 2024), 63-77 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.18848/2327-7882/CGP/v22i01/63-77 |
| ISSN | ISSN: 2327-8617 (Online) |
| Rights | Rights: Common Ground Research Networks |
| Rights Access | Rights Access: This material is provided for educational, study, and research purposes only. Users are expected to give proper credit to the source and must not violate the rights of the copyright holder. Any other use beyond these purposes requires prior written permission. The library is not responsible for any legal issues or disputes arising from improper use of this content. |
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