From key words to key semantic domains

Rayson, P. (2008) From key words to key semantic domains. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 13 (4). pp. 519-549. ISSN 1569-9811

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Abstract

This paper reports the extension of the key words method for the comparison of corpora. Using automatic tagging software that assigns part-of-speech and semantic field (domain) tags, a method is described which permits the extraction of key domains by applying the keyness calculation to tag frequency lists. The combination of the key words and key domains methods is shown to allow macroscopic analysis (the study of the characteristics of whole texts or varieties of language) to inform the microscopic level (focussing on the use of a particular linguistic feature) and thereby suggesting those linguistic features which should be investigated further. The resulting 'data-driven' approach presented here combines elements of both the 'corpus-based' and 'corpus-driven' paradigms in corpus linguistics. A web-based tool, Wmatrix, implementing the proposed method is applied in a case study: the comparison of UK 2001 general election manifestos of the Labour and Liberal Democratic parties.

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Journal Article
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International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
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This article has been accepted for publication in International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Volume 13, Issue 4, 2008, pages: 519-549, © 2008 John Benjamins, the publisher should be contacted for permission to re-use the material in any form.
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42594
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Deposited On:
14 Dec 2010 09:24
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