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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Starting with the small words : Patterns, lexis and semantic sequences
:
Patterns, lexis and semantic sequences
Contributor:
Hunston, Susan
Published:
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008
Published in:
International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 13 (2008) 3, Seite 271-295
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1075/ijcl.13.3.03hun
ISSN:
1384-6655;
1569-9811
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
This paper proposes a concept of ‘semantic sequences’, that is, series of meaning elements that can be demonstrated to occur regularly either in a general corpus or in one comprising specific types of text. Semantic sequences may be identified by examining the co-text of a lexical item such as make sure, but are also recognisable if grammatical words such as prepositions are treated as the object of investigation. It is argued that semantic sequences are useful for characterising discourses of particular kinds.