Crafer, Adam & Jung, Chae Kwan. 2014. A Corpus Investigation of the Similarities and Differences between think about and think of. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 39-2, 337-354. One of the many benefits of using corpora is the ability to investigate the differences between similar words. In this study, the Collins and Birmingham University International Language Database (COBUILD) corpus was used to investigate the differences in meaning and usage between the words think about and think of. 200 occurrences of each of these words in the corpus were analyzed and any noted tendencies the words displayed were investigated within the corpus. The results of this investigation showed that both words exhibited similarities in their usage of specific tenses, synonyms and between the occurrences, with some differences regarding their interactions with clauses and collocates. However, there were significant differences in the majority of their patterns, adverb usage, noun forms, topics, aspect, semantic prosody and contextual usage. The corpus investigation revealed the words' subtle yet fundamental differences in that think about proved to be a deliberate, time-consuming, contemplative, considering and evaluative act of thought whereas think of proved to be an equating, conceptualizing, conceiving, considering and evaluative act of thought. (University of Birmingham & KICE)
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Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 2.1 Collocates 2.2 Patterns 2.3 Syntactic Restrictions 2.4 Semantic Restrictions 2.5 Semantic Prosody 2.6 Other Relevant or Recurring Features 3. Method 3.1 Corpus 3.2 Procedure 4. Findings 4.1 Collocates 4.2 Patterns 4.3 Syntactic Restrictions 4.4 Semantic Restrictions 4.5 Semantic Prosody 4.6 Other Relevant or Recurring Features 5. Conclusion References
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corpus linguisticscorpus investigationlexico-grammatical analysiscollocatespatternssyntactic restrictionssemantic restrictionssemantic prosodyCollins and Birmingham University International Language Database
저자
Adam Crafer [ University of Birmingham & KICE ]
First author
Chae Kwan Jung [ University of Birmingham & KICE ]
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