A Comparative Analysis of Verb Synonyms from the Perspective of Valency Structure in the Context of 'Provide and Offer'

Autor: Mei Hongxia
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IRA International Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies. 16:217
ISSN: 2455-2526
DOI: 10.21013/jems.v16.n4.p2
Popis: This article reported a study of verb synonym’s valency structure based on corpus data, which clearly shows the affiliation between the word item and its governing member. This study analyzed ‘provide’ and ‘offer’ in British National Corpus from the perspective of types and frequency distribution of valency structures, action elements, the relevance between valency structure and its meaning. The results indicate the valency structure is characteristic and closely interrelated with word’s meaning. Therefore, this can give us some enlightenment in h distinguishing verb synonyms effectively and promoting the English vocabulary teaching.
Databáze: OpenAIRE