An Analytical Study of English Collocations Usage in the Book of Dialogues of the Buddha by T.W. Rhys Davids Vol 1

Name: Ven. Candima

keyword: Book of Dialogues of the Buddha

; English Collocations

Abstract: The objectives of this study are (1) to study the English collocations usage of keywords in Buddhist literature, Dialogues of the Buddha by T.W. Rhys Davids Vol 1, and (2) to analyze the types of combinations pertaining to the English collocations usage of the keywords in selected Buddhist literature Dialogues of the Buddha by T.W. Rhys Davids Vol 1. The Buddhist literature, Dialogues of the Buddha by T.W. Rhys Davids volume 1, exploitation and expectation of the Buddha teaching in Buddhist’s literature, was selected. The data was initially collected and analyzed by application of the software Ant Conc 3.5.8. (Windows) 2019 which was developed by L. Anthony. The study was followed by utilizing Microsoft Excel 2016 data base, Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English (2012), and Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus (2013). The results derived from the current study through a documentary and qualitative method revealed a list of keywords which are most frequently used in Dialogues of the Buddha volume 1 by T.W. Rhys Davids. From the selected top 50 most frequent keywords, the collocations to each keyword were identified. Only the usage of English collocations that met specified criteria were selected and categorized into 17 types of combinations pertaining to the usage of English Collocations. The results revealed as follows: 1) The keywords knowledge had the most frequent usage of English collocations in Dialogues of the Buddha vol 1 by T.W. Rhys Davids with the frequency of 42 or 7.83 %. Among the frequency of 42 occurrences, the result was as follows: knowledge of with the frequency of 42 or 7.83%. 2) The Noun + Preposition was the most frequent type of combination pertaining to the usage of English collocation of the keyword in Dialogue of the Buddha vol 1 by T.W. Rhys Davids with the frequency of 207 or 38.61%.

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Created: 2562

Modified: 2020-09-29

Issued: 2020-09-29

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DegreeName: พุทธศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต

Level: ปริญญาโท

Descipline: สาขาวิชาภาษาอังกฤษ (หลักสูตรนานาชาติ)

Grantor: มหาวิทยาลัยมหาจุฬาลงกรณราชวิทยาลัย

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