Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal Concord
English as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) is a contact language that has attracted great attention due to its unique global role. Thus, numerous studies have been conducted to determine its characteristics, among which research on such processes as, for example, simplification, added prominence or...
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| description | English as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) is a contact language that has attracted great attention due to its unique global role. Thus, numerous studies have been conducted to determine its characteristics, among which research on such processes as, for example, simplification, added prominence or redundancy underlying language use in the ELF context is of the main interest. Therefore, the paper aims to broaden the perspective on redundancy in ELF, focusing on negative and modal concord in spoken and written data. With the reliance on VOICE, ELFA, and WrELFA corpora, the analysis shows that both phenomena are noticeable in ELF; however, while redundancy in terms of modal concord appears in spoken and written ELF, negative concord is characteristic only of spoken data. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9ba59b7b68e04f9d8dbf28fe50bc29d52025-08-20T02:58:03ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57342021-09-01302718610.7311/0860-5734.30.2.04Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal ConcordDorota Watkowska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4899-5700Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityEnglish as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) is a contact language that has attracted great attention due to its unique global role. Thus, numerous studies have been conducted to determine its characteristics, among which research on such processes as, for example, simplification, added prominence or redundancy underlying language use in the ELF context is of the main interest. Therefore, the paper aims to broaden the perspective on redundancy in ELF, focusing on negative and modal concord in spoken and written data. With the reliance on VOICE, ELFA, and WrELFA corpora, the analysis shows that both phenomena are noticeable in ELF; however, while redundancy in terms of modal concord appears in spoken and written ELF, negative concord is characteristic only of spoken data.english as a lingua francacontact languagesredundancynegative concordmodal concord |
| spellingShingle | Dorota Watkowska Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal Concord Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies english as a lingua franca contact languages redundancy negative concord modal concord |
| title | Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal Concord |
| title_full | Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal Concord |
| title_fullStr | Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal Concord |
| title_full_unstemmed | Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal Concord |
| title_short | Redundancy in ELF: A Corpus-Based Study on Negative and Modal Concord |
| title_sort | redundancy in elf a corpus based study on negative and modal concord |
| topic | english as a lingua franca contact languages redundancy negative concord modal concord |
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