tailieunhanh - A corpus based study of adjectival collocation with the word ‘economy’ in the corpus of contemporary American English

This study describes a study of adjectives collocating with the word ‘economy’ in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). This study which analyzes the real-life use of the word ‘economy’ reveals how ‘economy’ is used in American English in some certain contexts. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE OF HNUE Interdisciplinary Science 2014 Vol. 59 No. 5 pp. 122-130 This paper is available online at http A CORPUS-BASED STUDY OF ADJECTIVAL COLLOCATION WITH THE WORD ECONOMY IN THE CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ENGLISH Nguyen Hong Lien Faculty of English Hanoi National University of Education Abstract. This study describes a study of adjectives collocating with the word economy in the Corpus of Contemporary American English COCA . This study which analyzes the real-life use of the word economy reveals how economy is used in American English in some certain contexts. A corpus-based approach and lexical collocation technique are employed. Significant conclusions are deduced 1 the meanings of adjectives collocating with the word economy vary in different discourse communities 2 the top 10 adjectives collocating with the word economy describe the size provenance and condition of an economy. Keywords Corpus - based study economy adjectival collocation. 1. Introduction The economy can be said to exert significant influences on almost every respect of a specific country from education healthcare politics and the traffic network to cultural activities whether the effects are positive or negative. The United States of America is undoubtedly an influential country and it exhibits its power politically and economically. One particular way which this power can be illustrated is through the means of language. Via language the standpoints of writers and speakers are likely to be revealed. Accordingly language is a powerful tool that is often used by groups and individuals in society to demonstrate their power and control especially economically. Meanwhile language is shown in corpora where not only various forms of language but also a significant volume of written and spoken texts are stored. Studying linguistic features of texts plausibly discloses writers and speakers intentions. The Corpus of Contemporary American English COCA is a corpus