Discourse Prosody: Semantics of Collocates of the Word Bachelor and Its Lithuanian Counterpart Word Viengungis
Discourse Prosody: Semantics of Collocates of the Word Bachelor and Its Lithuanian Counterpart Word Viengungis
Author(s): Linas SelmistraitisSubject(s): Language studies, Semantics, Baltic Languages
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: collocate; collocations; bachelor; semantics; discourse prosody; Lithuanian; English;
Summary/Abstract: The current study is an attempt to identify similarities and differences of collo¬cates with the headwords bachelor and viengungis in free word combinations and collocations of the English and Lithuanian languages and identify what the speaker’s attitudes they express concerning the referent. English and Lithuanian media corpora containing free word combi¬nations and collocations with the headword bachelor / viengungis manifest more similarities than differences in terms of semantics and connotation of collocates. However, the number of negative collocates with the Lithuanian word viengungis is proportionally bigger than in English which shows a more negative attitude of Lithuanian society towards unmarried men, which is expressed through the media.
Journal: Žmogus ir žodis
- Issue Year: 20/2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 32-45
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English