Jul 2026· Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik / Agenda: Advancing Anglophone Studies· 0 citations
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This study explores the relationship between low-frequency lexical forms and lexical innovation by examining infrequent and non-lexicalised adjectives formed with the suffix -able (e.g., jokeable, trickable). Employing a corpusbased analysis of the 20-billion-word News on the Web (NOW) corpus (2010–2025), we identified over 800 infrequent Xable adjectives. After filtering for orthographical errors, brand names, and incorrect forms, a dataset of novel lexical items was isolated using the OED for evidence of attestation. Morphological patterns and usage contexts were analysed, highlighting factors such as (1) frequency distribution over 2010–2025, (2) geographical coverage, (3) contextual anchoring in the collocate environment, and 4) base form and derivative co-occurrence. Findings contribute insights into lexical innovation, morphological productivity, and the stages of lexical integration from a dynamic usage-based perspective (Schmid 2020).
We present CzeLeD, a large-scale lexical decision dataset for Czech containing 12,242 lemmas and inflected word forms derived from the HeCz self-paced reading corpus and supplemented with pseudowords. A total of 1,977 participants contributed over 849,000 trials, accompanied by demographic data and extensive linguist...
J. Chromý, Markéta Ceháková, Mikuláš Preininger et al.· Scientific Data· 0 citations
Conversion is a fertile resource of word-formation in English. Its degree of productivity is often reflected in the high incidence of converted lexemes in language resources, for instance dictionaries and corpora. With the main aim of surveying the alleged relationship between morphological productivity and frequency,...
Jesús Fernández-Domínguez· Arbeiten aus Anglistik und A...· 0 citations
This study examines the four major word classes (viz. noun, verb, adjective and adverb) in Lohorung, a Kirat Rai (Tibeto-Burman) language of north-eastern Nepal, based on their semantic, syntactic, and morphological properties, based on Givón’s formal and functional approach. Data were collected through elicitation wit...
Diwas Rai· Journal of Indigenous Knowle...· 0 citations
In digital pragmatics of CA on X, emoji use association with lexical/pragmatic category can be explained by a hybrid approach of computational, statistical, and pragmatic methods, reflecting the interaction among machine learning, linguistic/lexical features, contextual representation, and pragmatic communication.
Mohammed Q. Shormani, Yehia A. AlSohbani· 0 citations
This corpus-based study investigates the linguistic behavior and distributional patterns of three English near-synonymous verbs advise, suggest, and recommend. While these lexical items share a core denotational meaning, their actual usage is often governed by subtle nuances that pose challenges for EFL/ESL learners. D...
Chris Chan, Theerapong Kongduang, Pimpatima Suraseranee et al.· SALTeL Journal (Southeast As...· 0 citations
Stress position in English words is well-known to be influenced by phonological, morphological, and (morpho)syntactic factors (esp. verbs vs. nouns). All these influences, however, are far from categorical, and very often stress varies from one word to another in a seemingly unpredictable manner. What is more, rece...
