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Epistemic lexical verbs in academic writing: A corpus-based comparative study of L1 English and L1 Chinese writers of English 学术写作中的认知词汇动词：基于语料库的母语英语和母语汉语英语作者比较研究

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Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100144

Fei Xie, Amanda Patten

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Corporate buzzword or genuine commitment? A corpus-assisted analysis of corporate ‘net-zero’ pledges by major global corporations 企业流行语还是真正的承诺？对主要跨国公司的企业“净零”承诺的语料库辅助分析

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Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100142

Matteo Fuoli, Annika Beelitz

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The social representation of ‘women’ on X platform before and after the launch of Saudi vision 2030 沙特2030愿景发布前后X平台上“女性”的社会代表

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Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100140

Amal Alharbi, Areej Albawardi

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L2 acquisition of unaccusative verbs in pre-intermediate middle school learners through indirect DDL: A study on change-of-state verbs and verbs of occurrence 通过间接DDL学习非宾格动词的二语习得：状态变化和发生动词的研究

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100139

Jina Son , Seyeon Park , Youjung Park , Hyebin Seo

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A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of epistemic stances in tweets about U.S. police from 2013 to 2023 2013 - 2023年美国警察推文认知立场的语料库辅助话语分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100138

Mark Winston Visonà , Şebnem Kurt

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A corpus-based analysis of gendered language in spoken religious discourse 基于语料库的宗教口语话语性别语言分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100137

Abdelhamid Elewa

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Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100136

Sak Lee

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Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100135

Amber Wanwen Wang

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What can a corpus tell us about school writing? Findings, challenges, and future directions 语料库能告诉我们关于学校写作的什么？发现、挑战和未来方向

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100134

Philip Durrant

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Vaccine and vaccination in parliamentary discourse in Brazilian Portuguese during COVID-19: Analysis of relational processes COVID-19期间巴西葡萄牙语议会话语中的疫苗和疫苗接种：相关过程分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100133

Rodrigo Esteves de Lima Lopes

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