A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing
This study employs a corpus-based method in analysing the noun and noun premodification in journal articles relevant to the field of International Business Management. Following the frequency-based tradition, the noun and noun premodification are identified and extracted by using the node-and-coll...
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| author | Ang, Leng Hong Tan, Kim Hua He, Mengyu |
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| description | This study employs a corpus-based method in analysing the noun and noun premodification in journal articles
relevant to the field of International Business Management. Following the frequency-based tradition, the noun
and noun premodification are identified and extracted by using the node-and-collocate approach. The corpus is
divided into five sub-corpora for the purpose of analysing the noun collocations and noun premodification types
in each section and between different sections in the journal articles, namely, Introduction, Literature Review,
Methods, Results and Discussion sections. The findings show that general adjective is the most common noun
premodifier, followed by noun premodifier in both the Introduction and Literature Review sections, whereas
general adjective and noun premodifier are both commonly used as premodifiers for nouns in Methods and
Results sections. Besides, the general adjective is the most dominant premodifier in Discussion section. The
findings also indicate that ed-participial and ing-participial premodifiers are not commonly used in the relevant
journal articles. With regard to the use of noun premodification types between different sections in journal
articles, general adjective+noun collocation is more pervasive in Introduction, Literature Review and
Discussion sections. On the other hand, noun+noun collocation is more commonly found in Methods and
Results sections. Following Hoey’s Lexical Priming, the results show that priming occurs at grammatical level
within the discourse. The noun collocations identified are compiled for the possible use in the English for
Academic Purposes Course. |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-111652017-12-23T04:04:02Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11165/ A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing Ang, Leng Hong Tan, Kim Hua He, Mengyu This study employs a corpus-based method in analysing the noun and noun premodification in journal articles relevant to the field of International Business Management. Following the frequency-based tradition, the noun and noun premodification are identified and extracted by using the node-and-collocate approach. The corpus is divided into five sub-corpora for the purpose of analysing the noun collocations and noun premodification types in each section and between different sections in the journal articles, namely, Introduction, Literature Review, Methods, Results and Discussion sections. The findings show that general adjective is the most common noun premodifier, followed by noun premodifier in both the Introduction and Literature Review sections, whereas general adjective and noun premodifier are both commonly used as premodifiers for nouns in Methods and Results sections. Besides, the general adjective is the most dominant premodifier in Discussion section. The findings also indicate that ed-participial and ing-participial premodifiers are not commonly used in the relevant journal articles. With regard to the use of noun premodification types between different sections in journal articles, general adjective+noun collocation is more pervasive in Introduction, Literature Review and Discussion sections. On the other hand, noun+noun collocation is more commonly found in Methods and Results sections. Following Hoey’s Lexical Priming, the results show that priming occurs at grammatical level within the discourse. The noun collocations identified are compiled for the possible use in the English for Academic Purposes Course. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11165/1/15324-49556-1-PB.pdf Ang, Leng Hong and Tan, Kim Hua and He, Mengyu (2017) A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 23 (1). pp. 115-131. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/904 |
| spellingShingle | Ang, Leng Hong Tan, Kim Hua He, Mengyu A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing |
| title | A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing |
| title_full | A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing |
| title_fullStr | A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing |
| title_full_unstemmed | A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing |
| title_short | A corpus-based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing |
| title_sort | corpus based collocational analysis of noun premodification types in academic writing |
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