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Toward the Compilation of Better English Diachronic Corpora-A Preliminary Study-

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10610470
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 英語・英米文学
Research InstitutionYamaguchi University (2000)
Kobe University (1998-1999)

Principal Investigator

NISHIMURA Hideo  Faculty of Education Yamaguchi University, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (00164591)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Keywordsdiachronic corpora / Helsinki Corpus of English Texts / Corpus of Early English Correspondence Sampler / text type / degree adverbs / コーパス言語学 / 言語変異
Research Abstract

The primary aim of the present research project is to assess the validity of the diachronic part of the Helsinki Corpus of English Texts (hereafter HC) as a tool for the historical study of the English language. Special emphasis has been laid on the size, text type classification and sampling principle of HC.
In addition to the assessment of HC itself, comparisons have been made with other more 'specific' corpora or computerized texts. Of these materials, Corpus of Early English Correspondence Sampler (hereafter CEECS) has produced very intriguing results. I have investigated the distribution and collocational patterns of the three degree adverbs (full, right, very) in CEECS, and the results have revealed that text type 'correspondence' is more innovative on the use of the degree adverbs than the other text types. This fact suggests the necessity of the compilation of larger and more genre-specific corpora.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] 西村秀夫: "通時的英語コーパスの最近の動向"『月刊言語』. 30-2. 86-91 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] NISHIMURA,Hideo: "Degree Adverbs in the Corpus of Early English Correspondence Sampler"Toshio Saito et al. (eds.) English Corpus Linguistics in Japan. (予定). (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] NISHIMURA,Hideo: "On the recent trend of English diachronic corpora (in Japanese)"GENGO (Tokyo : Taishukan). 30-2 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] NISHIMURA,Hideo: "Degree adverbs in the Corpus of Early English Correspondence Sampler. Toshio Saito et al. (eds.)"English Corpus Linguistics in Japan. Amsterdam : Rodopi.. (To appear).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 西村秀夫: "通時的英語コーパスの最近の動向"月刊言語. 30-2. 86-91 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] NISHIMURA,Hideo: "Degree Adverbs in the Corpus of Early English Correspondence Sampler"Toshio Saito et al.(eds.) English Corpus Linguistics in Japans. (予定). (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 稲田俊明他編: "言語研究の潮流"開拓社. 280 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 齊藤俊雄他編: "『英語コーパス言語学 基礎と実践" 研究社出版, 295 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] D.ビッカートン: "『ことばの進化論』" 勁草書房, 315 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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