214 results for “N-Gram”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAnalysis of the Propensity to Fruit Consumption among Young People through the Cumulative Proportional Odds ModelMaurizio Lanfranchi, Carlo Giannetto, Angela Alibrandi, Agata ZirilliAfter in-depth studies, the World Health Organization (WHO), asserts and suggests that in order to improve human health and well-being it is necessary to eat 400 grams of fruit and vegetables on a daily basis, as well as to consume potatoes and other starchy tubers such as manioc. In Europe, recommendations vary from country to country. Generally, these suggestions are … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 8 · 4 Sep 2015 · 6,586 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDifficulties in Translating Terminological Phrasemes in Economic Print Media from French, Spanish and English into Slovak-a Contrastive ApproachĽudmila Mešková, Janka KubekováThe aim of this study is to demonstrate that the correct identification, understanding and translating of terminological phrasemes can cause difficulty for students, translators, managers and entrepreneurs. The theoretical framework of this study comprises phraseology, phraseodidactics and one branch of cognitive linguistics - construction grammar-which takes into account phrases and not only individual words. Professional economic phrasemes were first compiled … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 24 Aug 2015 · 8,343 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCAUSAL CONSTRUCTIONS WITH AN ADJECTIVE IN GERMAN AND FRENCH: TYPOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONSIDERATIONSSabine De KnopThe study explores the variety of causal constructions with an adjective in French and German, as they are realized in French Pierre est rouge de colère (‘Peter is red with anger’), German Maria ist gelb vor Eifersucht (‘Maria is yellow with jealousy’), French Il est fou d’amour (lit. ‘He is crazy of love’), or French Anne est morte de faim … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 23 Aug 2015 · 7,986 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEntrenching Inferences in Implicational and Illocutionary ConstructionsFrancisco José Ruiz de Mendoza IbáñezThe starting point for the present paper is the classification of constructions, understood as fixed pairings of form and meaning, into four levels of meaning representation, i.e., the argument-structure, implicational, illocutionary and discourse levels. The meaning part of constructions contains fixed and variable elements. In argument-structure constructions the fixed elements are generic and, as such, they are open to parameterization … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 14 Aug 2015 · 8,203 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSequential Patterns: A new Corpus-Based Method to Inform the Teaching of Language for Specific PurposesDominique Legallois, Anne PrunetIn this study, we present an original study that aims to show how pedagogically important lexico-grammatical patterns, which are typical of certain genres, can be identified and taught at every educational level, in particular for learners of French for Specific Purposes. These patterns, called Sequential Patterns, constitute a more powerful paradigm than lexical bundles or “P-frames” because they combine different … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 13 Aug 2015 · 8,179 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstract"Fruits are Results": On the Interaction between Universal Archi-Metaphors, Ethno-Specific Culturemes and PhraseologyAntonio Pamies, Lei Chunyi, Margaret CraigThis paper deals with the relation between language, culture and reality, as it manifests itself in figurative words, idioms and proverbs involving the concept of fruit in several language families. Some productive metaphoric macro-models are identified and analysed, archi-metaphors as well as culturemes, analysing how the "experiential" and "cultural" motivational backgrounds can interact. We also investigate how grammatical metaphors depend … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 10 Aug 2015 · 8,452 accessesView PDF Cite