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題名 The Plausibility and Implausibility of Using Corpora 作者 鍾曉芳
Chung, Siaw-Fong貢獻者 英文系 關鍵詞 corpus; creative writing; metaphors; students’ essays; love; romantic songs 日期 2018 上傳時間 28-Aug-2018 10:40:01 (UTC+8) 摘要 Corpora are resourceful tools for linguistic observation, as they can provide quick statistics about a word compared with manual analysis. However, in some circumstances where qualitative analysis is needed, the use of a quantitative method may not produce the required results. Based on the keyword love, four types of materials were used to show the plausibility and implausibility of using corpora. First, romantic English songs were used to illustrate the kind of input students received from these songs. Second, we compared the songs to students’ essays on general essay topics. Then, we contrasted the first two sets of data to a native speakers’ corpus. Lastly, we showed how the creativity element can be reproduced by students through extended use of metaphors “Love is X”. While the students may have been exposed to more colloquial uses of love in love songs, their general essays showed a more neutral use, with fewer occurrences of love. In comparing the different texts, this paper will show how a corpus-based approach can be complemented by a qualitative examination of texts. Regarding pedagogical implications, corpora are a good resource of authentic materials and should be encouraged in the classroom as a reference for recurring language patterns. 關聯 Issues in Language Studies, Vol.7, No.1 資料類型 article dc.contributor 英文系 dc.creator (作者) 鍾曉芳 zh_TW dc.creator (作者) Chung, Siaw-Fong en_US dc.date (日期) 2018 dc.date.accessioned 28-Aug-2018 10:40:01 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 28-Aug-2018 10:40:01 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 28-Aug-2018 10:40:01 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/119667 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) Corpora are resourceful tools for linguistic observation, as they can provide quick statistics about a word compared with manual analysis. However, in some circumstances where qualitative analysis is needed, the use of a quantitative method may not produce the required results. Based on the keyword love, four types of materials were used to show the plausibility and implausibility of using corpora. First, romantic English songs were used to illustrate the kind of input students received from these songs. Second, we compared the songs to students’ essays on general essay topics. Then, we contrasted the first two sets of data to a native speakers’ corpus. Lastly, we showed how the creativity element can be reproduced by students through extended use of metaphors “Love is X”. While the students may have been exposed to more colloquial uses of love in love songs, their general essays showed a more neutral use, with fewer occurrences of love. In comparing the different texts, this paper will show how a corpus-based approach can be complemented by a qualitative examination of texts. Regarding pedagogical implications, corpora are a good resource of authentic materials and should be encouraged in the classroom as a reference for recurring language patterns. en_US dc.format.extent 693499 bytes - dc.format.mimetype application/pdf - dc.relation (關聯) Issues in Language Studies, Vol.7, No.1 dc.subject (關鍵詞) corpus; creative writing; metaphors; students’ essays; love; romantic songs en_US dc.title (題名) The Plausibility and Implausibility of Using Corpora en_US dc.type (資料類型) article
