A Corpus-Based Study of the Colligational Features of China English

To cite this article: LIANG Jianli. (2021). A Corpus-Based Study of the Colligational Features of China English. Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 01:3, 094-113, DOI: 10.53789/j.1653-0465.2021.0103.011.p

To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2021.0103.011.p

Abstract: The paper shows the findings of a study of China English (alternatively called Chinese English, both referred to as CE in this paper) based on the China English Corpus. The paper firstly introduces the research background of CE collocations. Three distinct features of collocations are identified and interpreted in the collocational theory framework. It reveals extensive collocational variations across written CE, thus complementing previous observations about deviations in English used by CE users and other varieties of English. Some issues concerning implications and future research scales are also discussed. The study shows how features of CE can be examined from the perspective of reoccurring patterns using the corpus tool, which enables us to deal with overt and covert patterns in a large amount in a repeatable way.

Keywords: China English Corpus; China English; colligation

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