A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome
This corpus-based study examines genres and collocation patterns in which the three synonyms ‘consequence’, ‘result’, and ‘outcome’ usually occur. The data on which the study is based is derived from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Of all the eight genres currently available in...
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| description | This corpus-based study examines genres and collocation patterns in which the three synonyms ‘consequence’,
‘result’, and ‘outcome’ usually occur. The data on which the study is based is derived from the Corpus of
Contemporary American English (COCA). Of all the eight genres currently available in COCA, the three
synonyms appear with the highest frequency in academic texts, whereas frequencies are lowest in informal genres,
i.e. TV and movie subtitles and fiction. Of pedagogical concern is the fact that the common verb and adjective
collocates repeatedly co-occur with the synonymous nouns. Determined by the COCA frequency and the MI value
(≥ 3), ‘consequence’ is often used with verbs and adjectives conveying negative senses, and the typical collocates
of ‘result’ has a clear association with research-oriented contexts. The collocates of ‘outcome’ have the broadest
variety of semantic properties but are not directly related to any specific contexts. It is highly recommended that
EFL teachers apply this genre and collocational information to synonym development lessons. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:157982020-11-22T15:40:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15798/ A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome Supakorn Phoocharoensil, This corpus-based study examines genres and collocation patterns in which the three synonyms ‘consequence’, ‘result’, and ‘outcome’ usually occur. The data on which the study is based is derived from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Of all the eight genres currently available in COCA, the three synonyms appear with the highest frequency in academic texts, whereas frequencies are lowest in informal genres, i.e. TV and movie subtitles and fiction. Of pedagogical concern is the fact that the common verb and adjective collocates repeatedly co-occur with the synonymous nouns. Determined by the COCA frequency and the MI value (≥ 3), ‘consequence’ is often used with verbs and adjectives conveying negative senses, and the typical collocates of ‘result’ has a clear association with research-oriented contexts. The collocates of ‘outcome’ have the broadest variety of semantic properties but are not directly related to any specific contexts. It is highly recommended that EFL teachers apply this genre and collocational information to synonym development lessons. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15798/1/38851-138148-1-PB.pdf Supakorn Phoocharoensil, (2020) A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 26 (3). pp. 1-16. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1326 |
| spellingShingle | Supakorn Phoocharoensil, A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome |
| title | A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome |
| title_full | A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome |
| title_fullStr | A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome |
| title_full_unstemmed | A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome |
| title_short | A genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome |
| title_sort | genre and collocational analysis of consequence, result, and outcome |
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