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How humans and machines identify discourse topics: A methodological triangulation 人类和机器如何识别话语主题：方法论三角测量

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100121

Mathew Gillings , Sylvia Jaworska

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Anywhere but here: Discourses and representations surrounding same-sex marriage in Japanese newspapers 除了这里，任何地方都可以：日本报纸上关于同性婚姻的论述和表现

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100120

Keisuke Yoshimoto

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The personal_relationship frame in love fraud 爱情诈骗中的个人关系框架

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100119

Pamela Faber

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Is LIWC reliable, efficient, and effective for the analysis of large online datasets in forensic and security contexts? 对于取证和安全环境中的大型在线数据集的分析，LIWC是否可靠、高效和有效？

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2025.100118

Madison Hunter, Tim Grant

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Introductory editorial synthesis paper: Corpus linguistics and the language of COVID-19: Applications and outcomes 导论编辑综合论文：语料库语言学和COVID-19语言：应用和结果

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100110

David Oakey , Benet Vincent

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Corrigendum to “here-, there-, and every where-: Exploring the role of pronominal adverbs in legal language” [Applied Corpus Linguistics Volume 4, Issue 1 (2024) 100087] “这里-，那里-和每一个地方-：探索代词副词在法律语言中的作用”的勘误表[应用语料库语言学第4卷，第1期（2024）100087]

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100112

David Chandler, Brett Hashimoto

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Lexical complexity in academic lectures: Comparative analysis of EMI and Non-EMI settings and influential factors 学术讲座中的词汇复杂性：EMI 和非 EMI 环境及影响因素的比较分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100115

Chen Chen , Philip Durrant

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Getting into bed with embeddings? A comparison of collocations and word embeddings for corpus-assisted discourse analysis 与嵌入词同床共枕？用于语料库辅助话语分析的搭配和词嵌入比较

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100117

Jordan Batchelor

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Examining in-service senior high school English teachers’ perspectives on corpus use and the effects of corpus training 考察在职高中英语教师对语料库使用的看法和语料库培训的效果

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100116

Hsiao-Ling Hsu , Shu-Li Lai , Hao-Jan Howard Chen

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Conventionalized phrases and disability policy: A corpus analysis of 2-year and 4-year public colleges in California 常规用语和残疾政策：加州两年制和四年制公立学院语料库分析

Applied Corpus Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.acorp.2024.100113

Stephen Eyman

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