코퍼스를 이용한 영어 동의 형용사 연구 : “able, capable, competent & qualified”를 중심으로
A Corpus-based Study of the English Synonymous Adjectives: Focused on “ able, capable, competent & qualified”
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Synonyms are a problematic aspect of learning English as a foreign language. This corpus-based study aimed to explore the collations of four English synonymous adjectives: “able, capable, competent, qualified.” For collocation analysis, concordance lines of four adjectives were retrieved from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). It is quite a burdensome task for English learners to learn every synonym’s nuance. Using world-class corpus data could help English language learners learn synonyms by exploring and understanding synonyms’ collocation and syntactic patterns with accuracy in language use. The corpus-based data of the adjectives mentioned above were compared and investigated in order to see the similarities and differences. The results showed that the synonymous adjectives shared some core meanings and could be used interchangeably in some particular contexts. However, the collocation and syntactic patterns of the adjectives had various differences. The results of this study reveal that corpus can be used as an effective strategy to distinguish and understand the synonyms in EFL. The study recommends using corpus-based analysis in language teaching to clarify synonym use and enhance language learners’ vocabulary.
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Synonyms are a problematic aspect of learning English as a foreign language. This corpus-based study aimed to explore the collations of four English synonymous adjectives: “able, capable, competent, qualified.” For collocation analysis, concordance lines of four adjectives were retrieved from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). It is quite a burdensome task for English learners to learn every synonym’s nuance. Using world-class corpus data could help English language learners learn synonyms by exploring and understanding synonyms’ collocation and syntactic patterns with accuracy in language use. The corpus-based data of the adjectives mentioned above were compared and investigated in order to see the similarities and differences. The results showed that the synonymous adjectives shared some core meanings and could be used interchangeably in some particular contexts. However, the collocation and syntactic patterns of the adjectives had various differences. The results of this study reveal that corpus can be used as an effective strategy to distinguish and understand the synonyms in EFL. The study recommends using corpus-based analysis in language teaching to clarify synonym use and enhance language learners’ vocabulary.
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