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<p>This paper employs a usage-based approach to grammar, the theory of frame semantics, and the corpus-based method referred to as the <italic>attraction-reliance</italic> measure, for the purpose of examining the mutual association between a noun and the <italic>be of N</italic>-pattern: in other words, to determine nouns that are strongly associated with this construction. On the basis of the data gleaned from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), the paper aims to indicate that there are specific categories of nouns occurring in the construction under scrutiny, and that this construction performs specific functions in discourse.</p>
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This paper employs a usage-based approach to grammar, the theory of frame semantics, and the corpus-based method referred to as the attraction-reliance measure, for the purpose of examining the mutual association between a noun and the be of N-pattern: in other words, to determine nouns that are strongly associated with this construction. On the basis of the data gleaned from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), the paper aims to indicate that there are specific categories of nouns occurring in the construction under scrutiny, and that this construction performs specific functions in discourse.

Nouns in the <italic>Be of N</italic>-Construction: A Corpus-Based Investigation

Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Nouns in the -Construction: A Corpus-Based Investigation

This paper employs a usage-based approach to grammar, the theory of frame semantics, and the corpus-based method referred to as the attraction-reliance...

Nouns in the Be of N-Construction: A Corpus-Based Investigation

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2021

Pages: 747 - 768

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0045

Mots clés
construction grammar, COCA, frame semantics, attraction-reliance method

© 2021 Jarosław Wiliński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nouns in the Be of N-Construction: A Corpus-Based Investigation

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2021

Pages: 747 - 768

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0045

Mots clésconstruction grammar, COCA, frame semantics, attraction-reliance method

© 2021 Jarosław Wiliński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
construction grammar, COCA, frame semantics, attraction-reliance method