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This et that dans les domaines spécialisés du corpus ICE-GB : quelles caractéristiques distributionnelles ?

Abstract

This paper analyzes the distributional characteristics of demonstratives “this” and “that” so as to identify specific uses in relation to specialized domains of English. Data were collected from the ICE-GB corpus. The study consisted in extracting – oral or written – samples from sub-corpora linked to a specialized domain. The author classified the sub-corpora according to whether they corresponded to general English or to the medical, scientific and technological domains. For each sub-corpus, ICECUP was used to make queries and extract the number of occurrences of the demonstratives according to their syntactic function. Grammatical function (i.e., determiner, pro-form, adverb, complementizer or relative pronoun) was used to establish exact counts of a particular form in relation to a specific sub-corpus representing a specialized domain. The statistical results show a limited correlation between the demonstratives and the domains at a global level, but some specific functions do have a substantial link with particular specialized domains. The study reveals marked trends regarding the use of demonstratives in their pro-form function.
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hal-01171858 , version 1 (19-05-2017)

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Thomas Gaillat. This et that dans les domaines spécialisés du corpus ICE-GB : quelles caractéristiques distributionnelles ?. ASp (Anglais de Spécialité), 2013, 64, pp.161-183. ⟨hal-01171858⟩
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