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Abstract
This investigation uses the ‘Brown family’ corpora to investigate changes
in US and British English involving the noun couple, which has developed
a quantifier meaning similar to ‘few’. The four corpora were developed
in order to compare British and US English from the 1960s with data 30
years on, from the 1990s. The main finding is that US English leads the
change. Although the corpora give some useful indicators for comparison
purposes, couple is a low frequency item, and does not occur often enough
for quantitative comparisons.
in US and British English involving the noun couple, which has developed
a quantifier meaning similar to ‘few’. The four corpora were developed
in order to compare British and US English from the 1960s with data 30
years on, from the 1990s. The main finding is that US English leads the
change. Although the corpora give some useful indicators for comparison
purposes, couple is a low frequency item, and does not occur often enough
for quantitative comparisons.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Sign of the V: Papers in Honour of Sten Vikner |
| Editors | Ken Ramshøj Christensen, Henrik Jørgensen, Johanna L. Wood |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Place of publication | Aarhus |
| Publisher | Aarhus Universitetsforlag |
| Publication date | Dec 2019 |
| Pages | 759-787 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-87-91134-05-0 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-87-7507-461-7 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
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