Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 7 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 7 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 7 |
Descriptor
Source
| LEARN Journal: Language… | 7 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Research | 7 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textBaramee Kheovichai – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
Research has shown that food metaphors play an important role in humans' conceptualization of various domains of experience. However, insufficient attention has been paid to the phraseology of food metaphors. This research aims to investigate food metaphors and their phraseology. Particularly, this paper focuses on the lemmas "consume"…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Computational Linguistics, Phrase Structure, North American English
Nateethorn Narkprom – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
Through consultations with the online version of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE) and the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), this study focuses on distinguishing between the two synonymous verbs "restrict" and "constrain," both part of Coxhead's (2000) Academic Word List, in terms of formality…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Verbs, Dictionaries, English
Chaengchenkit, Rangsiya – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
This study aims to investigate the distribution across genres and the collocation of three synonymous verbs "cease," "halt," and "stop." Data were drawn from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The results from the distribution across genres shed light on the degree of formality of each verb. The verb…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Usage, Phrase Structure, Verbs
Preeyanan Assawawattanasuntorn; Vanlee Siriganjanavong – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
This corpus-based study investigates the similarities and differences among the three synonymous adjectives: "careful," "cautious," and "wary" in terms of genre distribution, collocational patterns, semantic preference, and semantic prosody. Data were drawn from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Phrase Structure, Nouns, English (Second Language)
Thanut Panrat; Vimolchaya Yanasugondha – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
This study analyzes four English synonyms -- clear, obvious, apparent, and evident -- concentrating on meanings, distribution across genre, collocations, and semantic preference and prosody. The data were drawn from learner's dictionaries and the Corpus of the Contemporary American English (COCA). It was discovered that the four synonyms share the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Dictionaries, Definitions, North American English
Chaokongjakra, Wimonnit – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
Due to the large number of near-synonyms present in the English language, English learners frequently struggle to use near-synonyms in different contexts, as these words, despite similar meanings, are not always interchangeable. This study examines the distribution and collocation of three synonyms, "important," "significant,"…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lertcharoenwanich, Pallapa – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
For English language learners, mastering the use of near-synonyms can be challenging. Despite the semantic similarities of English synonyms, they are not interchangeable in all contexts. The objectives of this corpus-based study are to examine differences between the near-synonymous adjectives "blank," "empty" and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Phrase Structure, Preferences, Nouns
