Formal and functional variation of lexical bundles in biomedical English
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Danica Salazar
Abstract
This study is an investigation of the morphosyntactic, lexical and functional variation of lexical bundles in scientific writing. In this chapter, we discuss the various methodological issues involved in the analysis of the structural variability and multifunctionality of lexical bundles, and the methodological approach we developed to address these variations. This approach involved grouping lexical bundles by shared keywords, applying the notion of prototypical bundle (Salazar 2011) and assigning lexical bundles to functions rather than linking pre-established functions to individual bundles. These additional steps were central to the creation of a pedagogically and lexicographically relevant list of lexical bundles for inclusion in SciE-Lex.
Abstract
This study is an investigation of the morphosyntactic, lexical and functional variation of lexical bundles in scientific writing. In this chapter, we discuss the various methodological issues involved in the analysis of the structural variability and multifunctionality of lexical bundles, and the methodological approach we developed to address these variations. This approach involved grouping lexical bundles by shared keywords, applying the notion of prototypical bundle (Salazar 2011) and assigning lexical bundles to functions rather than linking pre-established functions to individual bundles. These additional steps were central to the creation of a pedagogically and lexicographically relevant list of lexical bundles for inclusion in SciE-Lex.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- Collocations, lexical bundles and SciE-Lex 1
- SciE-Lex 21
- Formal and functional variation of lexical bundles in biomedical English 39
- A corpus-based analysis of the collocational patterning of adjectives with abstract nouns in medical English 55
- As described below 73
- Negation in biomedical English 105
- A cross-disciplinary analysis of personal and impersonal features in English and Spanish scientific writing 121
- Gender assignment in present-day scientific English 145
- The metaphorical basis of discourse structure 165
- Frames, constructions, and metaphors in Spanish FrameNet 185
- Subject index 211
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- Collocations, lexical bundles and SciE-Lex 1
- SciE-Lex 21
- Formal and functional variation of lexical bundles in biomedical English 39
- A corpus-based analysis of the collocational patterning of adjectives with abstract nouns in medical English 55
- As described below 73
- Negation in biomedical English 105
- A cross-disciplinary analysis of personal and impersonal features in English and Spanish scientific writing 121
- Gender assignment in present-day scientific English 145
- The metaphorical basis of discourse structure 165
- Frames, constructions, and metaphors in Spanish FrameNet 185
- Subject index 211
