A corpus-based study of English verbs synonyms: grieve, mourn, and regret

Name: Chatchawan Panyapayatjati

keyword: Synonyms

; Dictionary

; Corpus-based study

; Concordance lines

; Referential meaning

; Grammatical patterns

; Collocation

Abstract: This study investigated three English synonymous verbs, namely, grieve, mourn, and regret, focusing on referential meaning, grammatical patterns, and noun collocations. The data were extracted from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online (LDOCE) in comparison to 600 concordance lines from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The findings showed that even though the words grieve, mourn, and regret can be considered synonyms of each other, the corpus analysis revealed that their semantic nuances, grammatical patterns and noun collocates are slightly different. Consequently, they cannot be replaceable in some context. In addition, the concordance lines also revealed that a corpus-based study presents authentic English language use and provided more information on meaning, grammatical pattern and collocation. Therefore, English learners can use corpus to enhance their knowledge of how English words are used naturally

Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library

Address: BANGKOK

Email: preserv@tu.ac.th

Name: Monnipha Somphong

Role: advisor

Created: 2016

Modified: 2021-08-02

Issued: 2021-08-02

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DOI: 10.14457/TU.the.2016.1262

eng

DegreeName: Master of Arts

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: English for Careers

Grantor: Thammasat University

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