Nestandardní adjektivní přirovnání v korpusových datech

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:90244/25:10513783

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://casopispromodernifilologii.ff.cuni.cz/en/2025-2-2/" target="_blank" >https://casopispromodernifilologii.ff.cuni.cz/en/2025-2-2/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23366591.2025.2.2" target="_blank" >10.14712/23366591.2025.2.2</a>

Jazyk výsledku

čeština

Název v původním jazyce

Nestandardní adjektivní přirovnání v korpusových datech

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The adjectival simile is a well-established multiword expression (MWE) type. Although it occurs in many languages, it remains an understudied phenomenon within phraseology. The relatively universal existence of this idiom (of comparison) indicates that it represents an extralinguistic concept. However, lexical representations of one concept may differ across languages, potentially giving rise to loan forms that may appear foreign (at least initially) in some languages.This study investigates non-standard adjectival similes in Czech, specifically their occurrence in parallel corpus data where the source texts are not originally Czech. Firstly, using general and lemma-specific queries, the adjectival similes were mined from translated data in a parallel corpus (InterCorp v16 — Czech). Secondly, the extracted adjectival similes were searched for in a reference corpus (Syn v12) to check their frequencies in Czech texts.The results show that around 10% (27 out of 262) of all Czech adjectival similes retrieved from InterCorp v16 are non-standard, which can be attributed to two reasons. Firstly, one of their components (an adjective or a noun) is replaced by a synonym, or the whole simile represents a fusion of two unique MWEs. Secondly, the lexical components indicate a foreign influence, usually through loan translation.Corpus data typically constitute empirical evidence for the existence of MWEs and justify their inclusion in dictionaries. However, the present study of adjectival similes shows that frequency alone is insufficient evidence. A careful and methodical approach to the study of language data and the presentation of our findings is necessary to ensure we do not hastily institutionalise foreign MWEs without proper scrutiny.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Non-Standard Adjectival Similes in Corpus Data

Popis výsledku anglicky

The adjectival simile is a well-established multiword expression (MWE) type. Although it occurs in many languages, it remains an understudied phenomenon within phraseology. The relatively universal existence of this idiom (of comparison) indicates that it represents an extralinguistic concept. However, lexical representations of one concept may differ across languages, potentially giving rise to loan forms that may appear foreign (at least initially) in some languages.This study investigates non-standard adjectival similes in Czech, specifically their occurrence in parallel corpus data where the source texts are not originally Czech. Firstly, using general and lemma-specific queries, the adjectival similes were mined from translated data in a parallel corpus (InterCorp v16 — Czech). Secondly, the extracted adjectival similes were searched for in a reference corpus (Syn v12) to check their frequencies in Czech texts.The results show that around 10% (27 out of 262) of all Czech adjectival similes retrieved from InterCorp v16 are non-standard, which can be attributed to two reasons. Firstly, one of their components (an adjective or a noun) is replaced by a synonym, or the whole simile represents a fusion of two unique MWEs. Secondly, the lexical components indicate a foreign influence, usually through loan translation.Corpus data typically constitute empirical evidence for the existence of MWEs and justify their inclusion in dictionaries. However, the present study of adjectival similes shows that frequency alone is insufficient evidence. A careful and methodical approach to the study of language data and the presentation of our findings is necessary to ensure we do not hastily institutionalise foreign MWEs without proper scrutiny.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Časopis pro moderní filologii

ISSN

0008-7386

e-ISSN

2336-6591

Svazek periodika

107

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

156-167

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105008969212