While the role of corpus linguistics (cl) in language teaching and learning continues to evolve, its use industry remains somewhat unclear. The specific ways which elt publishers cl research inform materials development are under-studied, meaning that it is not known whether being used by full potential. This study investigates a major international publisher conducting into recent change adver...

This paper is a study of the use four adverbs high perceivability, manifestly, noticeably, patently and visibly (MNP&V), with expressions loaded evaluative meanings belonging to Appraisal category Attitude. The starts characterization MNP&V in terms their manner evidentiality also as devices Engagement within framework. Next, an analysis carried out occurrences British National Corpus, Attitude...

This piece begins with a brief literature review that focuses upon how media attempt to make sense of news events and construct meaning about HIV/AIDS. We then focus specifically on a linguistic process identified in French dailies in articles about the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS, namely, the presence of certain adverbs. The impact of this linguistic process is also investigated in an...

This paper presents a corpus-based study on prolongations in spontaneous Mandarin. Prolongations are mainly produced for hesitation, but also for emphasizing a discourse focus and signalling an explicit feedback. 786 prolongation occurrences are investigated in terms of the position, the part of speech and the segment and tone types. Prolongations are often found in word-final, phrase-final and...