Bc. Matouš Straka

Bachelor's thesis

Phrasal Verbs and Their Equivalents in Academic Texts: A Corpus Study

Phrasal Verbs and Their Equivalents in Academic Texts: A Corpus Study
Abstract:
Cílem této práce je analyzovat vlastnosti frázových sloves a jejich jednoslovných ekvivalentů v akademických textech obsažených v korpusu British Academic Written English (BAWE). Výzkum je zaměřen na frekvenci, kolokace, rozdělení v rámci typu textů a rodný jazyk autora. Je použito softwaru Sketch Engine, který umožňuje přístup k BAWE korpusu a vyhledávání lingvistikcých informací potřebných pro tuto …more
Abstract:
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the behavior of phrasal verbs and their single-word equivalents in the academic texts found in the British Academic Written English Corpus. The research is focused on frequency, collocations, text type distribution and first language of the author. The Sketch Engine corpus access software is used for accessing the BAWE corpus and searching for the language data …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 19. 5. 2016

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 13. 6. 2016
  • Supervisor: PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová
  • Reader: Mgr. Veronika Kloučková

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature