A Case Study on Some Frequent Concepts in Works of Poetry. (29th August 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Case Study on Some Frequent Concepts in Works of Poetry. (29th August 2019)
- Main Title:
- A Case Study on Some Frequent Concepts in Works of Poetry
- Authors:
- Pace-Sigge, Michael
- Abstract:
- Abstract : This paper looks at a corpus of British and US poetry, uncovering phraseological units which, through their frequency, are indicators of key concepts. Multi-word-units (MWUs) have been discussed extensively with reference to corpus-based research, for example by Sinclair (1996) [2004], Biber and Conrad (1999), or, referred to as formulaicity by Wray (2002); O'Keefe et al. (2007), Greaves and Warren (2010) and Pace-Sigge (2015) describe MWUs preferred in different spoken and written genres. So far, however, there has been very little research in how far MWUs appear in the genre of poetry. A commonly held view is that poetry by definition should not be yielding patterns – it subverts every pattern (linguistically speaking) that it can. Through focus on the main themes surfacing in multiword units, this research looks at usages found in poetic texts in-depth and compares sets of words found with their occurrence patterns in prose literature. Key issues will be highlighted through a number of theme-based case studies, looking at themes of world and sky. Results show that there are common clusters found in poetry and prose corpora: itis depth of usage that marks their divergence.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of research design and statistics in linguistics and communication science. Volume 5:Number 1/2(2018)
- Journal:
- Journal of research design and statistics in linguistics and communication science
- Issue:
- Volume 5:Number 1/2(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 5, Issue 1/2 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 1/2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0005-NaN-0000
- Page Start:
- 123
- Page End:
- 152
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08-29
- Subjects:
- genre-specific language -- common topics -- keyness -- multi-word-units -- poetry -- phraseology
Linguistics -- Research -- Periodicals
Linguistics -- Statistical methods -- Periodicals
Mathematical linguistics -- Periodicals
410.72 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/JRDS/index ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1558/jrds.38938 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2052-417X
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- Legaldeposit
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