http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).04
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).04
Published : Sep 2022
A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations
This study endeavours to dissect the lexical items in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. The researchers applied corpus-based analysis to get the statistical results and the software which has been used as a tool in this study is AntConc 3.5.8. Three main features have been investigated in detail which are collocations, function words and their frequency of these. This statistical study will help the literary critic, further statistical results about the style of cohesive devices and it will also lead the students to consider the text from a more syntactical perspective. A quantitative analysis follows a qualitative one as the corpus-based results are shown in a statistical way and then interpreted qualitatively.
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Corpus Analysis, Cohesive Devices, Great Expectations, Textual Meanings
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(1) Muhammad Ajmal
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Samina Rana
Associate Professor of English, Higher Education Department, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Safia Siddiqui
Assistant Professor, Department of English (Literature), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ajmal, M., Rana, S., & Siddiqui, S. (2022). A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Global Language Review, VII(III), 27-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).04
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CHICAGO : Ajmal, Muhammad, Samina Rana, and Safia Siddiqui. 2022. "A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations." Global Language Review, VII (III): 27-34 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).04
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HARVARD : AJMAL, M., RANA, S. & SIDDIQUI, S. 2022. A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Global Language Review, VII, 27-34.
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MHRA : Ajmal, Muhammad, Samina Rana, and Safia Siddiqui. 2022. "A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations." Global Language Review, VII: 27-34
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MLA : Ajmal, Muhammad, Samina Rana, and Safia Siddiqui. "A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations." Global Language Review, VII.III (2022): 27-34 Print.
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OXFORD : Ajmal, Muhammad, Rana, Samina, and Siddiqui, Safia (2022), "A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations", Global Language Review, VII (III), 27-34
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TURABIAN : Ajmal, Muhammad, Samina Rana, and Safia Siddiqui. "A Corpus-based Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations." Global Language Review VII, no. III (2022): 27-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).04