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Collocations in crime movies and an introduction to RStudio

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Abstract

This paper intends to show how corpus linguistics methodology and tools can be used to analyze and compare movie language and spoken learner language from the point of view of collocations. In particular, the analysis focuses on a Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis comparison of adverb + adjective collocations between a corpus of spoken English produced by advanced Italian learners and the crime component of the AMC.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe American Movie Corpus. A Tool for the Development of Spoken Lexico-Grammatical Competence
EditorsPierfranca Forchini
Pages85-112
Number of pages28
Publication statusPublished - 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

  • collocations
  • learner language
  • movie corpus
  • rstudio

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