Evidence of semantic association in technology-related vocabulary : a corpus study of collocations.
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2020
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This paper presents a semantic study of corpora-based words which meanings are related to
technology, exploring how such words have been semantically coined over time regarding their most
frequent collocations. In this study, we counted on three corpora (DAVIES, 2010): The Corpus of
Contemporary American English (COCA) and the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA) were
used as source of data about the English language. The Portuguese language data was assessed through the corpus do português NOW (News on the Web). The screening procedures were respectively: a)
Selection (words that probably have changed semantically over the years); b) Comparison (check the
collocates and their frequency); collection: a file was created with all the comparisons regarding
frequency and strength of attachment). In order to verify the existence of statistically different groups, we
applied T-test and considered the percentage of appearance for the target-collocations as well as the MI
score. Results indicated meaningful changes to words related to internet milieu when time is considered
and regarding collocation. Similar results have been found for both Portuguese and English. Moreover,
data revealed that the three most frequent collocates for the target-words when present time was
considered not only demonstrated a clear change towards internet-related meaning, but also showed a
higher strength of attachment.
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Collocates, Word association, Word frequency
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SILVA, J. S.; BRANDÃO, L. H. M.; SILVA, B. L. G. Evidence of semantic association in technology-related vocabulary: a corpus study of collocations. Papéis, Campo Grande, v. 24, n. esp., p. 336-351, 2020. Disponível em: <https://periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/papeis/article/view/12407>. Acesso em: 06 jul. 2022.